Silent Gaze

A free verse poem inspired by Michael Ondaatje's "Sweet Like a Crow" 

Your gaze is like a puzzle piece waiting to be solved

like a secret door that leads to the unknown

Like a never ending maze, like the Mariana Trench

like a series of hieroglyphs

like a question that holds no true answer

like a vague response of neither “Yes” nor “No” but a “Maybe so”

like a multiple choice questions

with the choice “none of the above”

like a five- star Sudoku puzzle, a game of charade

like the moon blocked by curtain of thick clouds

a veil of mist that covers the mountain

morning fogs that blur the ray of sun

like a story with a cliffhanger at the end

Like a deep poem that I struggle to understand
like someone acting pantomime, a silent movie

like someone trying to conceal their feelings

yet giving hints with indefinite meanings