Speak Louder

All I have are words
that dance around the edges
and
    whisper
impatiently insistent
laughing
   crying
      loving
         dying
words that tear
    shred my heart
    to strings
left dangling
and 
tangling
with
    yours.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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