And now the
Chasm of silence
Has widened deepened
Silence has crawled
In like a
Dry airy dust
Storm quieting laughter
Silence like gathering
Billowing clouds far
West on the
Horizon silence like
A sheet of
Ice in November
Silence like a
Broken door bell
You may still
Be here but
I’ll never know
Our world is
But distractions pulling
Us or masking
Things or hiding
Others but the
One thing that
The world can’t
Do is quiet
The longing for
Love it rages
And beats becoming
Louder louder louder
Until at last
It finds another
Whose sound is
Similar and then
All the world
Quiets down slows
Down bows down
Finally allowing birdsongs
And puppy whimpers
To once again
Delight our ears
What I miss
Most about you
Is the way
You look at
Me you look
At me like
You look at
No one else
What I miss
Most is knowing
That you know
That I know
That we know
Only each other
What is odd
Is being two
In the presence
Of three especially
When two know
And the other
One wants one
They talk cackling
Like chickens while
I sit quietly
Catching ones wink
And the lonely
Ones icy glare
Desire is noisy
Love is silent
Sitting here it
Almost looks like
Summer outside yet
I know it’s
Autumn with chill
Same for love
All is beautiful
On the outside
But inside where
Love lives is
Chilly be wary
The appearance of
Warmth for without
Your own cloak
To ward off
Cold icy hearts
Can cause the
Eventual loss of
Things most important
HARLAN DIDRICKSON 