Whispering Your Name My lips whisper your name Evoking a frail fragment of memory An ancient anguish surfacing again One I thought erased by time and Painted over by new sorrows An abstract image shouts through shadows of desire Turning in exact accord in separate circles Ascending and falling with unnatural heaviness I fight the misery that entangles my soul Struggling to render it innocuous Cold memories echo around the room Chilling me out of my brief comfort and reawakening my anger Opening dusty boxes I'd left behind I cry out but cold winds seize my words Blowing most of them away My malevolence vanishing as it leaves my lips So tragic and fragile Vengeance is ashes in my mouth

Copyright 2001 - M.D. Burke