Silence

I think perhaps I am getting more adept at reading your silences,

I no longer panic at it,

It is simply an inevitability,

And I am not entitled to your words,

And no longer do I feel scorned by your lack of words,

You need not speak a thousand words just to say hello,

You need not speak to know we are here.

I must speak a thousand words just to say hello,

I must speak to know you are here.

I let go of my fears,

And simply oblige you when you do not answer,

It stings,

But it no longer hurts.