Echoes
Echoes bring back words I’ve said
repeating once again
It’s wise to think before we speak
reminding me of when
I spoke without the thought of how
my words could all but show
What it was I felt inside
and what was yours to know
So I’ll repeat before they come
to echo all that’s true
And say the words I should have said
when thoughts had turned to you
September 2002
Winner of the Her Heart Poetry Micropoetry Prize 2018