i read the toenails on your feet
i read the scars on your knees
i read your forehead wrinkles
the eyes that never twinkled

i read your palm
the unclear lines
i read the sweat
on your neck

i read your lips
the open, the close,
the muted sound--

i read
the blanks in the room.

i read it all
your mind unmoved

i tried
but did not understand.