Conundra (or, Your Koans)
That enigma of your smile:
was it wile all the while?
Those riddles in your piercing eyes:
reflecting or deflecting me.
This puzzle of unspoken words:
if silence had bookshelves to say.
Quandries of indifference:
disinterested, affections kept?
Dilemmas of your care, neglect:
how well you dwell then disappear.
You mystify me endlessly.
Or does my wonder ask too much?
Conundra (or, Your Koans) © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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Submitted: March 1, 2019