I Wonder - May 28, 2000

I wonder what would happen
if she realized
that I heard
but never understood,
never acknowledged,
and proceed on my course.

Would there be anger?
Frustration?
Exasperation?
Hate?

I wonder
if I would
feel anything
more than the
emptiness
within.

Where a crisp north wind
blows across
the barren lands.

I wonder
if my indifference
would aggravate you more
if you knew it?

And so I remain
silent
in your diatribe.

And I dream
of the emptiness.

-title by KS