By Tom McKelvey
Date: 26 January 1999

Julia

If only    I
had read
       between the lines
and seen
what she was
       trying
       to say
hiding
       in her
       handwriting
waiting
       for me
       to discover
       her heart.

Now
       words
       I never knew
       how to say
Stab
       my conscience
and  
       all
       the possibilities
Haunt
       me
       when I close
       my eyes.

Julia's letters
       convict
       my ignorant heart
       of crimes
          against love

unfulfilled.

-Tom McKelvey-