Listening to the Silence

I never thought I could

            or rather that I would

            listen to the silence of your heart.

I never knew I loved

            and that I also shoved

            my thoughts into the silence of your words.

You somehow felt I cared

            and when we truly shared

            the silence seemed to slip beyond.

You had to say goodbye

            and though I thought to cry

            the silence seemed to fill my eyes this time.

We moved our separate ways

            and yet I think to gaze

            back through the silence of our lives.

We love deep in our hearts

            and never truly part

            because the Silence says so much

            that words could never tell.