(For Jonathan)

A single tear fallen in the dark.
A single voice from out of the crowd.
A single raindrop on the waves.

I dry your eyes, I hide my tears.
I bite my tongue and hear your fears.
A single raindrop on the waves.

And your heart--
The only one that I console in,
I cannot see my soul in…
A single raindrop on the waves.

And your touch
The light of you all around me
The light of you that surrounds me--
A single raindrop on the waves.

But you stay.

You dry my eyes and cure my tears.
You bite your tongue and hear my fears.
A single raindrop on the waves.
The single drop that caused the storm.

--November 2002--