Gaping

Talk aloud
To the air
To a ghost
No one
Listens
A breath
A moment
A minute
To be heard

All the time
People nod
Like they know
But empty
Like gourds
Are the depths
Of the words

Long ago
You stopped
Telling 
Teaching
Speaking
Yelling
But they
Still nod
Never noticing
Your silence
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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March 12, 2016 at 11:07 AM
wow. love this awesome free verse poem, Jesse... Love LINDA
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June 2, 2010 at 3:39 AM
Nice expressions well penned.
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