Thursday, April 9, 2015

Shake


YOU ASKED ME THAT I WRITE TO YOU
IN VERSES ELEGANT AND TRUE.
NOW SHAKESPEARE, WHOM I DID CONSULT,
PUT DOWN HIS PEN AND SHOOK HIS HEAD:
“NO! NO! YOU MUST NOT SPEAK TO ME..
WHEN YOU SEEK WORDS TO SPEAK YOURSELF.
YOU LOVE? YOU CARE? YOU CHERISH ALL
YOU SEE AND HEAR AND SENSE …NOW SPEAK;
YOUR WORDS WILL THUNDER, HEARD BY NONE
BUT BY THE ONES YOU LOVE.” THEN SHAKESPEARE
JUST TURNED, BENT DOWN AND GAZED AT WORDS
THAT HE HAD WRITTEN. CROUCHING BELOW
THERE WERE NO WORDS FOR ME TO SEE.