By mrh079@aol.com
Date: 23 September 1999

no goodbyes

it seems as though 
i heard, i hear,
a different beat
and i don't mirror
the step, the march
others take
a different beat
leads me to my fate
away from the laughs,
the looks, ignorant fear
from the "normal" crowd
and then i hear
something loud
another drum
but the beat, it seems
is the same as mine
only in my dreams
could i ever see this,
another person
that the eyes of
my lonely heart 
can't miss
with that understanding smile
those knowing eyes
and so i say
masking my surprise,
"i never thought
although i've pondered
i'd find the one
with whom i'm destined 
to wander
this different world
i thought only i could see
but now
perhaps
you and me
could march together
please say yes
and together
we could
wade through this mess"

for beth