THE SILENCE

“When you complain that your child is asking you for yet another thing,
Has said something cheeky to you,
Did a rude hand gesture,
Made a bad face at you…

…I wish mine would ask for anything,
Say just one word to me. Any word at all, so I could hear her voice,
Allow me to hold her little hand, even once,
Show me any expression other than the lifeless one that will forever haunt my heart.”

6 August 2012