A Whisper Sounds Like Scream

Oh today's un-tethered men and women That listen to way less than a one-half, Absorbing half of that— (all bull and calf!) , Reacting still as many times as twice— In fraction of what we may call a trice, Those that think thro their heart, head next to none, No wonder that a lot in life goes wrong, Sounding like an off-key, out of tune song, In mad haste still, lo, these men and women, On edge forever of a precipice, End up (what else)bang on as they began— Like two pawns of a gambling game of dice; But when life sinks, and sours like a bad dream, A whisper sounds like pathetic shrill scream. _____________________________________________________ Men and women seem to fall in love and out of it as fast; come together as fast as fall foul; together in bed and still miles apart; always on the edge, pouts of doubt; their whispers sounding like screams. _____________________________________________________ Sonnets, tongue-in-cheek | 06.02.16 |