Reading Sideways

What would you see
if you looked sideways at a shadow?
Unreality,
edge of planar space defined as zero.

What would you hear
if you listened close between the notes?
Space would disappear
folded up in null-strings, empty quotes.

What would you read
between the lines upon your lover's face?
Tenderness and need
written deeper than your fingertip can trace.

What would you find
if you could take a painting apart?
Behind the artist's mind
a living piece of God in an artist's heart.