From the Light End of the Tunnel.
8.31.01

It has been long
since harsh things were said and meant
Ragged words hanging from corroded lips

I grew soft
inside the wrapping-paper of my skin;
deep in my bones, light stretched its wary fingers

For I am a child to your consuming cruelty no longer

I find my voice once more
and a single word can speak volumes

And I wonder why I wasted
so many pages on you...