Silent Communication Within Poem by RoseAnn V. Shawiak

Sadness so deep, nothing can touch it, there is no way to
alter or change it.

It's intrepid stare holds me tightly against my will, not
letting me move or breathe or say a word.

Tangled branches of my mind coerce me into a slab of ice,
feeling nothing, unable to communicate except silently
within, where no one else can hear.

There is a silence beyond me, it cannot be broken - it's
been there since childhood.

There's no one who can penetrate it's gloom, therefore,
I am always alone.

A lifetime, an entire solo journey, no one to approach or
come near, for I am an island among myself - unrecognizable
on any horizon here on earth.

(9: 16 a.m. - 2/18/11)