15. Silence [100 poems challenge]

15.          Silence

You were always the talkative one
Sharing your news
Updating the goss,
A call on the phone,
A quick SMS.
But, lately, there’s been a different tone—
I can’t work out why;
Something I said?
Drifting apart?
Who knows what I did?
It’s not that we no longer talk or converse—
We still say hello
You answer my call—
But, sad to say,
That seems about all.
Gone are the days when you were the first.
If I do not act
But wait, instead, now,
I hear the hush and
The silence is loud.

5 May 2013

Comments: I WAS tempted to do the visual equivalent of a John Cage 4’33” with this, and just leave an empty space. It took a while to decide on my angle for this poem, too. This is about the change in relationship that I experienced with a friend of mine. I don’t think it was me that changed, but maybe it was this person’s interpretation of me that changed; unfortunately, the consequence of the whatever-the-cause was a definite distancing in this person’s engagement with me. I am sad about this. 🙁

Themes to come: 16. Questioning; 17. Blood; 18. Rainbow; 19. Grey; 20. Fortitude

Explanation about the 100 poems challenge here.