What Silence Said - Susheela Raman

Paris café

Our last rendezvous

Rain swept, backward scripted windows

Our shrunken heads reading signs and lips

One last dance, broken steps

Before your eclipse…

Was there thunder in your ears?

Mine were full of sand, not hearing

What your silence said

And if I turn around, your mouth open, no sound

Your eyes screaming, retreating into blackness…

A day too late, your news found me at home

Mind bubbling up

Angry water refusing a stone

And then revenge, I felt life surge in my veins

A hunger you would never taste again…

Did you lose your faith in love?

Did you lose faith in human feeling?

Silence…

Did you lose your trust in truth?

Did your heart have no way to healing

Like I lost you?

You left your lovers close behind

But twisted up in time, you crossed the line

It’s all we have, this thin twine

Then nothing…

Just the emptiness you carved

Your spine a lonely blade

In space…

To the end a dancer…

Beautiful face begins to fade

Thank you for being my friend…

Beautiful face begins to fade…