How loud is silence

Quick moving hands,
sign excitement.

Mouths moving
with quiet sentences,
flow to my ears.

Faces weighted

A SILENT WORLD

What would the world be without sound?

Could you find contentment in silence?

Would you miss the voice

Alone in crowded rooms

As

Mouths move

Silent as falling snow.

Sitting in a corner

Watching gestures speak

Living in dreams

Bespeak me, brother
I cannot hear:
Your entreaties fall
On deaf ears.
I cry out for
Your voice
Your touch
Lost
In the voice
Of my

Hollow ears

Unable to hear

Blocked from anger

Saved from fear

I loved you then

I love you now

People wonder why

Ask me how