What Silence Said

Paris café
Our last rendezvous
Rain swept, backward scripted windows
Our shrunken heads reading signs and lips
One last dance, broken steps
Before your eclipse…
Was there thunder in your ears?
Mine were full of sand, not hearing
What your silence said
And if I turn around, your mouth open, no sound
Your eyes screaming, retreating into blackness…
A day too late, your news found me at home
Mind bubbling up
Angry water refusing a stone
And then revenge, I felt life surge in my veins
A hunger you would never taste again…
Did you lose your faith in love?
Did you lose faith in human feeling?
Silence…
Did you lose your trust in truth?
Did your heart have no way to healing
Like I lost you?
You left your lovers close behind
But twisted up in time, you crossed the line
It’s all we have, this thin twine
Then nothing…
Just the emptiness you carved
Your spine a lonely blade
In space…
To the end a dancer…
Beautiful face begins to fade
Thank you for being my friend…
Beautiful face begins to fade…