Sometimes I feel alone
And then I look at you...
Yet I am speechless
Sometimes our words spoken
Can be so cold, brutal...
Some are heart wrenching
But my love holds on
Even though at times
I am speechless...
Not knowing when to
Break free from chains
Or when to speak
The words from my heart...
Such distance between us
Yet we are so close
An unbearable silence
Lays heavy in the air...
Because I am again
Rendered speechless
Come nearer to me my love
Teach me how to speak
Loosen this shell around me
Free me from my darkness...
So I no longer have to be
speechless...

© 2000 Janie Johnson