THE TWENTY SECOND YEAR

THE WANTING

There is a room I want to enter but cannot.

There is a name I want to take but cannot.

There is a man I want to love but cannot.

There is a world I want to last but cannot.

There is a face I want to touch but cannot.

There is a loss I want to forget but cannot.

There is a god I want to know but cannot.

There is a sadness I want to crush but cannot.

There is a joy I want to grasp but cannot.

There is a love I want to make but cannot.

There is a woman I want to become but cannot.