and still smile

I have seen you, oh I have seen you
I have had eyes like stars, scattered
around worlds, scattered through bodies
felt your skin through tree bark
through grasses and winds, I have known you.
Unlocked a place in you,
pulled open a wide door behind which
there is only truth.
I have swallowed
up your truth, spun it into gold
cast it back into your arms,
I have done all this, and still smile.
I have broken through the dry earth of your
bones, the layered skin of your callouses,
the soft belly beneath that you cover.
In, in, I have poured my cordial
in, in, I have looked, and seen.
I have wrapped you in competing winds
I have whispered to you from a tiny urge
when you walked our road at night, but did
not know it. I have hallowed your footsteps
I have preserved your memories
I have flowed past you, a stream, when your lips
cracked with heat. All this I have done,
and still smile.