TRIAL AND ERROR


To the night whispers come
Hovering in silence as people stir
Keeping secrets of lost loves
All around glances of wonder

Where will love be found
Searching into deep corners
Held dark with a hush
They know it will thunder forth

Cry out when the magic flares
Not knowing whether love or lust
Time is the mantle on which to judge
If waiting and asking without action

Nothing will happen
The game will be lost before
The beginning, open eyes and heart
The pain that comes with risk

The rewards can be wondrous
Not often do they come
Too many times deception from others and self
Yet not to move forward and try again

Love must be explored
Chances are taken over and over
For some it will never happen
But then just around a street corner

Michael V Hechtman Copyright � 2001