You whispered softly, <br />beguilingly <br />into my ear. <br />Such silent music, <br />such promises. <br /> <br />Today I know. <br />And why you would <br />not speak <br />in normal, <br />unhushed tones. <br />It simply was <br />because <br />they would have heard.<br /><br />Herbert Nehrlich<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/promises/