TOO OF ONE

	BY KEVORK KALAYJIAN


	When you are in love 
	You are in an unimaginable state,
	As if you are in your mother's womb.
	A feeling which you have experienced
	But you cannot recollect - 

	To come out of it, to be real again,
	You have to go through the shock
	Of coming to this world, the pain of birth, 
	You have to cry, and you might seek help.

	Your occasional smiles are wrinkled
	The sadness - does not go away,
	No matter how many lines are drawn on your face
	Or how many new meaningful relationships
	Or new friends you have made again.

	You may try to jog through the dark roads,
	In the darkness all roads lead to the shore,
	Where sitting on the bench
	Is the girl from the Far East
	Studying computer science!

		 * * *

	I can't resist the urge to touch
	I can't avoid my desire to see
	I want to smell the smoothness
	of your tender delicate body.

--
Kevork K. Kalayjian, Jr.  A graduate of the AGBU's Melkonian
Educational Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus, holds a B.A. in Political
Science and Economics from Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford,
NJ, and a M. Ed.  Counseling Psychology, from William Paterson
University, Wayne, NJ. Kevork resides in NY with his wife Maral, and
three sons Aramazt, Tro, and Ohanes.