An expression unspoken, unheard An absence so profound Neither rhetoric nor absurd A conversation, without a sound T’is silence, not words Where solace I found. Anger or hostility, I mean not Nor an indifferent question I shot In silence, I love thee No jealous doubts to hurt me Oh please, don’t gawk Don’t destroy it by a small talk For speech, perhaps it’s the end Yet emotions coyly lurks in the bend A noisy void or a silent scream In solitude, no more a distant dream In its essence, I dissolve Thinking afresh, I evolve. The failures and loss, I fear not To tears, put up a stoic defiance Yet I broke the silence As I speak the words I jot