Words Cannot Describe

Words cannot describe

how I ached for you-

I spoke with quivering lips

and fluttering eyes

and blissful sighs-

And the unfortunate thing about love

is that Love is blind,

never deaf.

Love can decipher

a confession the sound

of pin drop in

a raucous room,

Love listens.

Once upon a time

I had a voice

you loved enough

to marry upon hearing.

Once upon a time,

I was naive enough

to believe you had to have known

that voice belonged to me.

I went to your wedding

speechless, the woman

inches from you

murmuring: “I do,”

with a voice I no longer owned.

I couldn’t even object-

my sobs were as silent as

an unheard pindrop.

Words cannot describe

the pain of my heartbreak.