We’re Sure of It

You is the most intimate pronoun.
In its singular or plural forms,
You presupposes that there will be,

At some point, the simultaneous
Presence of pronoun and referent.
Even knowingly addressed to ghosts,

Gods, and imaginary creatures
Like passionate poetry readers,
You declares itself an act of faith,

However forlorn, that a being
With a mind is out there, with language,
Who will understand itself as you,

If only by proxy, eavesdropping.
I can be abandoned. I can leave,
But you will be here, eventually.