The loudest silence,
It creeps up on you,
Yet it is the elephant in the room,
It lurks in plain sight,
And hides in the darkest shadows.

The loudest silence,
It is the things you don’t say,
The way you don’t feel,
The way you haven’t felt for a while now,
The lack of love.

The loudest silence,
Your heart longs for the quiet silence,
Small moments,
Not this glaring torture,
Perfect little bubbles of time.

The loudest silence,
I yearn for more,
My hunger for sex,
You quench but it does not thrill you,
Not the way it used to.

The loudest silence,
It is in the whispers of our “friends”,
They tell you you should leave,
But that isn’t in your perfect plan,
And you couldn’t if you tried.

The loudest silence,
It screams in my ears,
As I look at you,
Walking in the door,
Your lipstick smeared.

The loudest silence,
It deafens me now,
As I see what I have lost,
Behind closed eyes I see you,
Locked in another’s embrace.

The loudest silence,
Stilled now,
My penance paid,
No longer any rage,
Just a niggling thought and a whispering haunt.