I get myself in trouble again
Conjuring you
Must be I want to summon
Your response to this moment
The bank of language
Stuck back where you left off
I want to bring you in
So say what you may
That must have been meant for me
Alone or no one
As in spoken only in fury or despondency
Still I struggle to regret
Letting you muscle me to silence
Now I take your voice places
You would not want to go
I am afraid where else
I can find you
If not when I believe I know your take
When I let your voice resound
Mark Danowsky is Editor-in-Chief of ONE ART: a journal of poetry, Senior Editor for Schuylkill Valley Journal, and a Regular Contributor for Versification. He is author of the poetry collection As Falls Trees (NightBallet Press). His work has appeared in Bird Watcher’s Digest, Cleaver Magazine, Gargoyle, The Healing Muse, and elsewhere.