October 26, 2005
Lost In Translation
Fern Forest Kalopa State Park near Honokaa Hawaii
Lost in TranslationToday like every other day
angry words are exchanged
meaning and message garbled
in confused misunderstanding
The painful exchanges
are frustrated attempts
by two hurting people
to find their way
Sometimes I want only
to hear the words
any word of consolation
but hear nothing
In all my dreams
I never thought
Id spend my life
talking to a wall.
I scream, curse and rage
to be heard by you
misusing the voice
God gave me to praise Him
You say I dont listen
I say you cant hear me
The love that connects us
is like severed phone lines
This silence of the heart
Resounds like shattering glass
Our habit of resentment envelopes
our marriage like a shroud
We are strangers in a forest
Lost in translation
I have so little hope
of ever hearing you.
