Why Didn't I Listen?

My silence tried to tell you
What I never had the words to say
It screamed and wailed and
You ignored it, shunned me


My silence tried to love you
Like I never could find the ways to do
It craved your warmth and
You never felt it, never held me


My silence tried to warn you
That soon I was to leave
It pushed and prodded and
You pushed back, pushed me away


Your silence seemed to tell me
Everything I feared
It muttered every syllable as loneliness neared
You always said it, told me from the start