The silence fills my ears
with imagined sounds
Of a long ago voice
of a fragile love
Tis only I that hears
the softly spoken words
Like a tranquil melody
of a cooing dove

Softly whispered on
my attentive ears
Words flow sweetly on a
heart eager to claim
That his love is still new
as that first kiss
Instilled in my heart
like a comforting flame

Though stubborn of mind
it does not see
The fire slowly ebbing
on a heart growing colder
Smothered by words
it no longer hears
Memories fade and
time grows older

Left with only silence
to fill the void
The silence of words
no longer spoken
Echoing off the vast
emptiness inside
The eerie quiet
of a heart now broken