Proteus

you come to me in myriad shapes
but u still remain the same
mocking me at every turn,
playing up my faults
seeing me for what i really am

and yet i do not feel afraid this time
no more anxieties rake me
i know every glance of yours
pierces me
untill i become transparent

i light up in your colors
in an effort to find you tangibly
within my reach
but like the blue azure
you slip from between my fingers
each time

like the sea you want to wash away
all that has been drawn
on the wide canvas of my shore
and i lie waiting for your
shaping touch to give me shape again.

this endless search of mine
seems to begin and end in you
but your formlessness
defeats every effort
untill i almost lose faith
and abandon my search for
my future in your hands......... proteus