Acclaim

If you could see them
eagerly consuming your words
eyes so wide open
only to blink
when absolutely necessary.

They can't wait 
to get to the end
only to want the beginning
to be there for them
all over again
though in a way 
they have never yet seen.

It's time to write the next one!

Sheila Kathryn Barrera
http://www.myspace.com/sheila_kathryn_barrera
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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