The Noise of Silence

The Noise of Silence

It was in the moments of silence

I heard you the clearest

In the moments of despair

I dried my own tears 

 My fingers reached for the phone 

But we’re met with a blank screen

It’d been two weeks

Since I heard a peep from you there

Not a text or a call

Or a tag to be found anywhere 

They told me I built

My walls too deep

Too wide

Too high

But it was for moments like these

I thanked the bricks were in place

I was the most vulnerable that night 

Baring my soul

My woes

My cries

It was the first in my life

I got real

I went wide

Sharing it all

The pain wafting from my pores 

You heard it in my voice

You saw it in my face

For the first time in my life

I needed you there

I needed to come first

It was my turn to share first

Your turn to hear

I could sit back 

While you reached out to listen 

But it was evident this time

That now I no longer

Served your purpose

It was In those moments 

Guard let down

I found out in these moments

Who were my friends

Who had my six 

How do I know

The question would go

It was the moments of silence

I heard you the clearest.