Say Nothing (Poem)

Let's watch the flames
Burn to ashy ember,
And the shore soften
The rage of the sea:
We are witnesses.

But not just witnesses...

I see, in my mind's eye,
Your mind's eye staring
Into my mind's eye:
Two souls forever entwined.
 
Not lost - not knowing;
Just somewhat aware
Of the marks they now 
Make and not the changes 

I see their faces emblazoned on ours;
I hear their calls, not made by words.
I can hear them coming, these fragments of ours, their footsteps. Can you?

…say nothing.

Let's smile as we gaze into
This indifferent smoldering flame
And our hearts singing silent unsung song of love,
And the universe glad we share a space.

© Jude Ifeme

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