If You Heard My Silence

I smile like I'm okay, I've learned the art.

Of hiding all the cracks inside of my heart. I talk about the weather not

the rain. It's flooding every memory with your name. The nights are

loud when everything is still. Your absence is a voice I cannot hear.

I replay words I never got to say. They echo every time I walk

away. I keep my head above the wave somehow. But no one

sees how hard I'm breathing now. If you heard my silence,

you would stay. You'd know I'm screaming in a quieter way. I don't need