By William insegnanti@yahoo.com Date: 16 January 1999
The cry begins in my belly As it contracts to emptiness, Then shoots upward, taking with it The fragments of my shattered heart. A plaintive sigh is all that warns Of the tidal wave of anguish About to erupt from my eyes And when it does, the thinking stops. The cry becomes all consuming. Wave after wave it continues, Eroding the pain that caused it ‘till finally comes dark, warm sleep.