Silence

Listen to my silence

dripping through the air like so many scattered sundrops,

the viscosity of quiet shrouding my thoughts,

swallowing my words,

the chill of your previous silence

tormenting me with abandoned grief

for my greatest loss

while I hope against hope—

praying this isn’t that for you,

keeping my distance

from crowding your space,

wishing my love to dance gently over your spirit,

like sunbeams glancing and scattering over a river,

the light just whispering across the surface, not touching the depths,

reminding your darkness

to come to the surface

and embrace my shadow.