Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Silent Meaning


  The word not spoken

  goes not quite unheard.

  It lingers in the eye,

  in the semi-arch of brow.

  A gesture of the hand

  speaks pages more than words,

  The echo rests in the heart

  as driftwood does in sand,

  To be rubbed by time

  until it rots or shines.

  The word not spoken

  touches us as music

  does the mind.