Silent Cry

How much loneliness
can one person take
Before they fill up inside
And finly brake
Till they come unglued and fall apart
And the emptiness consumes their heart
Till they have nothing to give 
To anyone else
And their tendenness
Is put on a shelf  
                               Rick Rhythm Williams 
                                  1993 (C) P.H.P 
                              Editor's Choice Award    
                                Poetry.com 2004