broken conversation

the hypocrisy of my words
was not at first
apparent to you
in fact
you may never have heard me at all
saving yourself
and myself
a great deal of time
there will be no
marriage
of fire and earth
no tortured sense
of wonder
there will not be discovered
a great mansion
of artifacts
plucked from our lands
our minds our hearts
the horizon
is only the horizon
perhaps
you heard me
whispering
in those few broken seconds
maybe
you saw my lips moving.


March 9th, 2009 akw