Trust Me

"Trust me" like "The checks in the mail", and "I'll call you tomorrow"
are among those famous words
which go far too often, "said."

So much better off the world would be,
if those words didn't echo like fists banging upon steel.

The pounding thunder always on
during the deadly quiet.
In surround sound stereo, the silence
hammering letters in my head.

md. shelby 2006