𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐲 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬

silent...

This silence is deafening
When I walk next to you
With nothing to say
A handwritten poem
Burning a hole
In my pocket

I think back to
Just a few months ago
When you sat next to me
And made me laugh
I miss that.

Every time I open my mouth
The wrong things come out
So if there's something to be said
You have to be the one to speak

I want you to talk to me again
I want you to smile at me like that again
I want you to be my friend again
This silence is suffocating
February 2024