read to me of greater silence
and the shutter in the hues
paint for me a sonnet
filled with whispered muse
hail for me a treasure able memory
forgotten in times gentle passing
speak to me of lives lived beyond
those of the ever lasting
see with me the light that makes
the old summer oak throw its much needed
shade
point out to me the one that not even
once had I to him a Good Day kindly bade
reveal unto me the simple sorrows of a
child's confused young heart
yet be gone from me fully even if its
only for a moment
and to find you fully again
I would tear this entire planet you made
apart........................
(Jan. 14, 1995)