I stand alone
on the mountain top
with my obsessive
lusts
and my unerring
trusts
my aching desires
and my lust for
life that never tires
I scream my words
out into the void
I scream my very essence
into the great
below
I ache for someone
to hear me
and strain to hear
their reply
but all that returns
are the words
I’ve spoken
they echo back
and circle around
my head
into my mind
and whisper
all the lies
I have spoken
all the promises
I have broken
I scream my words
into the great
beyond
in hopes that they
might fly away
from me
but they never
never
fly
away
from
me
3/30/00
©Patti Keno
Invisible No More 
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