It wasn't the fierce words
thrown with malicious intent
that happened.
It was the cold silence that
demolished tender moments
replacing laughter with tears.
That dreadful silence that supplanted
every gentle touch and
amputating all knowing smiles.        
That repugnant silence
which slowly drowned
any love we knew.
It is that silence -
Forever ringing in my ears
That I  simply
cannot
forgive.