Language Barriers
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I closed my mouth
and spoke to you in a million
different--
ways.
I prayed you would understand,
Find yourself figuring out
The silent plea
I made
And...
I ask too much...
I never told you
that I mastered the art
of speaking
without
sound--
I hoped would never have to...
But silence scares you
It quickens your pulse
Urges it to run
Just like
my words irritate your tongue
They urge it to move
To form its own thoughts
Before I can finish mine.
It never occurred to me
That communicating
Could ever be so complicated
Because in the end,
I only want us to connect
I only want us to understand
But we can’t
Not until I can understand you
Even when you don’t
Not until you can hear me
Even when I use
The language of silence.