As the Shadows Deepen by Richard Schnap

There are seven billion souls

You can learn to call your own

But there’s only really one

That you can know

And there are seven billion songs

You can hear upon the wind

But there’s only really one

That you can name

It has seven billion words

And the language that they’re in

Is the only one that

Ever stays the same

And the only time

That you won’t ask why

Is when I say I love you

As we ride into the night

Richard Schnap is a poet, songwriter and collagist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His poems have most recently appeared locally, nationally and overseas in a variety of print and online publications.