1.

Here 

I cannot deny all lonelinesses 

That hide in the wardrobe

Or under the bed

When you enter the room. 

They are mine; 

They are a third presence between us 

But you shouldn’t find them 

Any more than faint. 

 

2.

Here 

I cannot deny all my hatreds 

Sworn to revenge,

Who take the ceiling

To dark toward edge. 

 

3.

Here 

I cannot deny all my unknowns;

I’m a tomb waiting to be discovered,

I’m only a half of a person yet.