A Slip of Intention
From his eyes flashing, revolving pain anger sadness again From his mouth bitter, moaning lament curses questions again His girlfriend had broken it off again on off on off on off * * * with youthful compassionate intention I said Maybe it's for the best In a heartbeat in time there was silence another heartbeat the stillness froze up another heartbeat the cold spread to his eyes another heartbeat the hardness spread through in four heartbeats he built a granite wall between us never never to crack Harry W. Yeatts Jr. |