Let me go

Let me go...
I am not what you think of me...
that is your idea.

in the mountains and valleys of
your memories, I
reside
longing, pining for the nights
when under the brightest stars
unbroken sighs lingered.

the moon: your face
more gentle than voices of wise men.
let me go
for I will destroy you
beautifully.

I do not mean to
strike you.
I only know what I know.
do not judge me so harshly...

nothing we are to know in this world
glows
o'er the rolling waves
softly covering
the faces the dead,
their heads floating
with the pattern of boats.

let me go,
do not
destroy me out of righteous anger.