Silence is gold they say
It may be gold
It may be pure
It may be beautiful
But for some
It’s a lot more
For some
Silence is a curse
Silence is lying
Silence is hiding
Silence is surviving
It takes courage to break silence
It takes courage to lift a veil
But the worst
Is that sometimes
You break the silence
Only to realize
There’s no one to listen
You lift the veil
Only to realize
There’s no one to see
I broke my silence
Knowing you were there to hear me
I lifted my veil
Knowing it was your face I’d see
I had been muffling my scream
Not allowing even myself to hear it
For 19 years
Then you arrived
And I didn’t have to scream
For all you needed
Was a whisper of my truth
Not once did you doubt me
Even when I doubted myself
Not once did you leave me
Even when I’d abandoned myself
It feels strange
To talk to you through another
After being accustomed to speaking
to you
Before hearing myself
I don’t know what to say to you
Nothing seems adequate
I meant it when I told you
You deserve the world and more
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