They say people who are quiet want to be heard. I can't say that that describes me, although, yes, I am a quiet person, and yes, I am begging to be heard, but no, I don't think these are related. I can be loud, and often are, when I need to; I am an over-degreed singer, lest you know. But, more so I am a thinker. A thinking ape, if you will. But insofar as the quiet person's metaphor goes; I constructed a poem for my wife using simple symbol substitution. I did this so that an investment in time must be made before truly understanding the words I said. Until that time, the art is in the viewing, and love is in its' understanding. I will not force your hand to paper here, so I decrypted the poem. The prose I use is antiquated as this is a voice I often hear when creating. Take care with the paradoxical syntax, this IS poetry. Do enjoy!

I penned the original by hand.