Where once was a bleeding heart slipping through my lips,
Now there is only silence.
Where there was a fire and smoldering coals,
now there is steam.

Moments of passion,
abated by awkward silence.
Moments of embrace,
replaced by a distance of a thousand miles.

I lost my voice,
you lost yours.
We withered,
Like roses without water.

We need words,
We need words,
Like we needed each other,
Like a fire needs kindling.

We sacrificed our tongues,
for a moment of silence.
But in that moment of silence,
we lost an eternity.

You cut out my tongue,
and I cut out yours.
If only i could,
fill this silence once more.