Silence and the Stray

Lay down

In a rare patch of sun

Your silence tells me I’m wrong

For having wished

In your silence I lean in to kiss

Goodbye to the light we shared

In silence only I

Know the world in which I let you live

I say I’m fine

With hurtful things

I play nice

We’ll call it friends

I don’t trust my mind’s games

That played in silence

Reframe

Name me the killer

Silence my claims

Of innocence

Grey windows

under lock and key

Reminders of the stray in me.