silence
no words spoken
no voices heard
so unusual
so ...  
           odd
but beautiful
every once in a while

s
  i
    l
     e
       n
          c
            e

is good

The water ripples
as I throw a penny in
wishing for something as I do
looking deep inside
I can see others have made a wish too
I guess we want to believe
that they'll come true

i came upon this place
over-crowded with people
overwhelmed with sadness
and they screamed
      " run, run
           as fast as you can
              as far from here
                    
                      escape

                   while you have the chance"
and i took my legs
as fast as they would go
and carried myself so far away
that the place i came upon
looked like a tiny dot
and gave a sigh of relief
for i had escaped in time

so i sit on the floor
wearing your old clothes
breathing in your smell

trying          
                  to
move  
                     on

but i can't understand
there's something about you
that won't let me forget you
i try so hard
but every time i go back
to when you said what you said
i still cry from the pain
and the heartache
and i realize, i loved you
i still do

stuck in the past
not in the present
not moving forward
instead going back in time
pieces of memories
burned in my mind
too caught up in that nightmare
to see what beauty today is
and so on it goes
like a song on repeat
same yesterday
same today
same tomorrow

sweet sounds
so melodious
like a bird chirping a morning song
i listen closely
not wanting it to end
it takes me somewhere
another place, another time
not stuck in the present
until it stops
and i'm back to where i was
before the angel-like voice
interrupted my day

going back a few years
when i was just a little girl
stayed up all night
wondering where you were

whenever i asked mum
she would start to cry
and whisper in my ear
it'll all be okay

confused i hugged her
but still i was just a child
knew you were gone
but thought you'd come back

now more than ever
i want to know
why you'd left us
left us in the cold

every now and then
i try convincing myself
that you'd still come back
even though i know you won't