minutes

For minutes I sat
in silence, these words
screaming in my head
I could not release.
minutes and minutes pass
I remained in silence
as I saw music fill the
air, I lay back
to soak it in.
these words in my head
push tears from my eyes
and minutes fly by.
I wipe those tears clean
from my cheeks
and discard the evidence
where was I? what am I now?
why these words as these minutes pass
these tears as these words scream
for minutes I sat
in my own tears, my own words
I wondered how much longer
my year would be.

November 9, 2004