OURS

	By Kevork Kalayjian

	what's the use of looking
	beyond the transparent glass
	when you cannot let your soul
	travel out and away from you,
	to experience the wildness of the forests,
	the infinity of the skies,
	the uncertainties beyond the first horizon.

	and don't you look at me like that!
	I am not the one who can show you how!
	you have to give birth to your love within you!
	as for me, well I ...

	I may put together some utterances,
	so that you may create your meanings
	through the recognition of my words.

	I may put together some colors,
	so that you may envision your portrait
	through the vibrations of a traveling rainbow.

	I may select some sounds
	from animal calls or cosmic waves
	so that you might live the music you feel.

	I may also generate some thoughts
	so that you might choose your religion
	to draw boundaries on your life.

	But all I really want to do
	is to transfer some feelings
	from my heart to yours, so that
	my love, and your love, could be ours.


--
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.