Call Me by Name

Call me by my name
I'll hear only
the sparkling of shattered glass,
like a wind chime melody,
as fragments of mirror
come to rest
on the floor of an empty room...

See my form
through the fog
of that which is not.
Like lightning behind the clouds.
Bracing for thunder
that never comes.
Finding shelter
from rain that never falls.

Listen to me closely
and hear only helpless breath.
Read the lips of my silence,
words as quiet as the tears
of a tongueless child,
born with so much to say.

I'm playing you a song
Do you hear?
It has no lyrics
but its message is clear.

I've invented an instrument
of my own design,
to play in the cavern
to which I'm resigned...

Stretching nine strings
between my body
and I
Strummed with broken pieces
of if.
and of why

Feel no sadness if you can't hear-
my cavern is deeper than it may appear...
Just stand at the entrance,
and call me by name.
If I hear the glass shatter
no one is to blame...


8/16/10.......Realms..........