Your hands are steady, your fingers calm.
Your lips aren't curved, in a smile or a frown.
Your heart is not beating fast or aloud.
Yes, sitting this close, I sure can make out.
But your eyes foretell me anyway,
The flutter on their lashes gives you away.
So, are you framing a very difficult question
Or an answer - perfect - to your expectations?
My love is that of the blatant boat
Seeking pleasure in making the water quiver
Your love is that of the silent river
Embracing the boat, just letting it float
ci•pher (also cy•pher) /ˈsī-fər/ noun
1 a secret way of writing, especially one in which a set of letters or symbols is used to represent others
2 a code: a message in cipher
3 (formal, disapproving) a person or thing of no importance.
4 (BrE) the first letters of sb’s name combined in a design and used to mark things.
— Middle English cifre, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic ṣifr, from ṣafira, to be empty, translation of Sanskrit śūnyam.
