Momentarily...

A gust of cool breeze

On a still summer night-

Suddenly delightful,

Lifting my soul in your flight.

I breathe you in

To keep you a little longer;

But you slip through my being,

And I’m alone, yet a little stronger.

Heard in the silence...

Shamelessly expressed,

yet mysteriously hidden so-

Words scattered carelessly,

Tears now threatening to show.

Here I stand before you

Barer than ever before -

I sold my soul to emptiness

Hope- I have no more.

I turn my face away from you,

To not see you turning your back on me;

I dry my tears as fast as I can-

Before you can pretend not to see.

I fiercely hold my words back,

Before you can act aloof;

And drown myself in irrelevance

My scars, the only remaining proof.

I watch you sleep blissfully

While I die a little each day,

I close my eyes and speak to the silence

Of everything you didn’t let me say.