Every time I think about noise
I think about love
I think about cheering on your best friend
I think about adorable babies
I think about toddlers banging on pots and pans
I think of laughter
And intense games of charades
And it makes me feel better
Because the two of us
We were always quiet
We never spoke about your father
We never talked about my cousin
We never aired the dirty laundry
And your silence strikes me in my humanity
Until I realize
Maybe it a good thing
I never wasted my words
On somebody that didn't deserve
A single breath.
