Within the silence

Within the silence of late afternoon

You both left me all alone

I came home every day

To an empty place

No warm embrace

Of someone who cared

Instead it was I who was left

To greet you

And make sure I knew

All the ways to make you happy

And not awaken anger

(It was your anger I feared

Most of all)

Within this space of emptiness

My soul ached

As I lost my way towards language

The silent comfort of television, music and food

Was what I used to nurture my soul on

So if I went mute

To deeper feelings or subtleties

Was it any wonder

Always aching and longing silently

To be noticed

True feeling turning dumb

Buried deep

So I now within the silence

I ache for love and touch

Do not let me squander my soul for it

For I deserve this most of all

One to cherish me

In every way

Body mind and soul

Accepting the wounds that

Deeper lay

Under this cover of silence