Sotto Voce
'A woman with the right frame of mind
and circumstances would be ga ga over you by now'
(((But Not Me)))
So many nights I waited
for a few words
as I tried
not to write more
My heart bleeds
in the long silences
Each day the strain
trying to hold
these leaking thoughts
inside; the endless fall
Tears tremble, dry eyes
on the edge of oblivion
Unable to let go
the twisting knife
Copyright 05/15/98 Unpublished Works William M. Shannon