listen for us
in the silences

the empty spaces
between doing and not
doing

when you are most alone
we will cleave to your side
when you feel
utterly abandoned
ask yourself—

what is this
whispering
inside
me?
                                1/17/2005
Read about the Messenger Poems: https://singingfrogpress.com/2023/05/19/about-the-messenger-poems/