Living in my silence

there you are
living in my
silence

forest green
shadows
life's eyes
spooked me

i see
what i am
not meant to
see

a word
escaped
from my mouth
floating on
a gasp

did you hear it?

your light
threw a triangle-shaped
scar on my face
one point landing
on the edge
of my downturned
lip
the other on my
nostril
and the last
on my lowered
lashes

a window through
which to
see
a moment

the encounter

between you
and the
end.