Words We Cannot Say

Love as I Know It

I know love

It's a song

The intro a melodic beginning

I've seen it's beauty

I've felt it's warmth

I heard it's laughter resounding through the walls

But I've also seen it's slaughter

The verses of curses followed by the prechorus of shattered glass

It's chorus deafening as the rubble of a home once built in hopes of new beginnings start to crumble

I helplessly watch as it repeats itself

The mouths that used to utter words of love can now only sigh

I can still hear the thumping of heavy footsteps fading away as the song comes to an end

I remember the empty eyes and bitter smiles on the faces of those who were left behind

I know love

It is also a last song syndrome

Only you can never listen or choose a different song

From the moment it plays it'll be the only music you will ever hear

I know it a little too well

That even years later

With every hand that touches mine

Every whispered words, every kind smile

A song I try to silence still keeps playing on repeat inside my head

And I have to remind myself time and time again

Not to sing along