My Voice

I told her

I try everyday

to find my words for love

but alas 
I speak with reverent homage 

in the voice of the great ones 
who created beautiful odes

to love and suffering.

Don’t worry, she said 

it is all the same song

until one day

if you're lucky

it isn’t
and the voice you hear
shall be yours.

Ken Owen   Van Niddy Press   June 2014