tiger, jungle, fog

It is approached
     as one would approach a tiger
     in the jungle
          in the fog—
what is this song you sing,
who is this lover you are leaving?

There is no need to explain
     the particulars—fogs, jungles, tigers—
only,
     in describing the path,
     the particulars fade
               to shadows and dust.

I want you—
     who is this lover you are leaving?