Reaching Out

It is difficult to stand
Still in the forest
As a tree or briar bush might
And refrain from reaching out
To touch a passing unicorn
So celestially set apart
Staring back at my computer screen
Here, in the forest of my life
And fight the growing desire
To touch this passing radiance
Equally set apart
And yet, I know nothing of her......

Shall I cry out beyond myself
And break the forests silence
Scatter the wood nymphs
Succumb to my desire
And still, I know nothing of her.......

She is in my every moment
Like the Unicorn
A magical creature
And I know within my heart
I cannot refrain
From reaching out....... 

Tony Taylor (Chicago)