Deafness
He couldn’t see her
For all she’d come to be
It was all she ever longed for
And with him not to be
His vision his life so complete
Without her he now lives
It was the life she always longed for
And the one for which she grieves
All she asked for was his opened heart
The intimacy lying within
All she wanted from devotion
Was loneliness to leave and nurturing to begin
Something deep inside his being
Blocked the pathway to her calls
Now she walks alone
Feels the pain in her interior walls
She works ever so diligently
At looking deeply, shredded remains
Her constructed self she’s dissecting
Deep beliefs once holding her in restrain
She knows not the direction of her future
Nor the counterpart with whom she might share
She knows the one tender heart held for herself
Is not an organ she can continue to tear
For its ripping open leaves only pieces
Drowns her in her own despair
And as she calls for him, return to my life
In the silence of her mind
Her voice he’ll never hear
For it falls unto ears blind
It is her voice she needs to hear
The one she is making loud and ever so true
The one that calls back to herself, I love, and I see YOU, I am always here.
Whitney Sweet 