loneliness
when two men born in the same room do not know eash others names.
loneliness
when two men running the same race do not encourage each other.
loneliness
when two men who once clasped hands now spare not a glance.
loneliness
when two men live within five feet and yet share not a word.
loneliness
when two brothers do not embrace.

the phone it rings
silently, slowly.
a constant into emptiness

the answerphone it listens
slowly, silently
an emptiness being constant.

where are you?

the lights are out. the sun has set.
yet still i sit here craddling.
this cord leading to emptiness

the streets are quiet and their people.
yet within my craddle i sit
as emptiness wraps its cord around me.

are you there?

shadows move around me
the wind it plays my mind
will you haunt me in my dreams?

i close my eyes against the night
and through my mind still moves the wind
my dreams are surely haunted.

please tell me where you are.

stood beneath a paper tree
and watched the wind go by
two hours sitting
two hours standing
two hours listening
stood beneath a paper tree
and watched the wind go by.