YOU CALLED TO ME
SOFTLY, QUIETLY
TO COME TO YOU
TO HELP BREAK DOWN
THE WALLS OF IGNORANCE
YOU WERE ENSLAVED BEHIND
I RAN TO YOU
(as always)
BATTERED MY PALMS AGAINST THE WALL
UNTIL I PULLED THEM AWAY
CRACKED AND BLEEDING
DEFEATED
THE WALL MOCKED ME
IN SMOOTH SILENCE
I SHOUTED AT YOU
HEARD MY SCREAMS ECHOING BACK TO ME...
BUT YOU NEVER ANSWERED
(or heard)
I COVERED MY TEARFUL EYES
WITH RIPPED PALMS
CRYING TEARS OF BLOOD
(c)Rachel Perlman 1996
