Scant Room for the Pantoum

1/15/2025

My voice doesn’t speak loud enough,
I am not sure what it means.
My self doesn’t shine bright enough,
My soul doesn’t know how to sing.

I am not sure what it means.
I expect too much too soon.
My soul doesn’t know how to sing,
I only howl at the moon.

I expect too much too soon,
A life of disappointment.
I only howl at the moon,
Lamented and avoided.

A life of disappointment,
Regret is a way of life.
Lamented and avoided,
Building the layers of spite.

Regret is a way of life,
I am not sure what it means.
Building the layers of spite,
My soul doesn’t know how to sing.