Words Unspoken

Once solid, but now broken,

I crumble and fall,

before words unspoken.

Once able to withstand,

But no longer… no longer,

because I have become half a man,

for mere slivers remain,

of all my gain.

For I withdraw…

I concede,

I surrender all…

in the face of pain.

All this for words unspoken,

which gives unto this man now broken.

Laying stones to a dying heart,

A life once strong,

Yet now only lived in part.

For I have made my call,

And now…with tears,

And constant fear…

I find my back…

Against the wall.

For a tempest has come

Unto this saddened soul

Tearing asunder…

What once was whole…

All for mere words….

Unspoken.

J. Allen Wilson © 2004