Plain speaking
I walk in silence
deafened by your clamouring denial.
You speak your soundless
words of love; read me the volumes in
your heart's library. I would learn by rote
each word, each stanza, every chapter;
define each reference in your lexicon.
In stillness I would shout your name;
in soundless words of love, I'd make
a declaration of devotion
for your ears alone. I'd learn the dialects
your heart alone can speak - in words
unuttered make the meaning clear.
I walk in silence,
listening for the sound
of your heart beating, your heart speaking
rainbow words of pride.
To sing in tongues of angels,
chorus of the heart, my love
my woman - those forbidden words
hidden no longer, no more soundless,
obvious to all in plainest speech
Kim Helen James
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