When My Silence Speaks Poem by Romeo Della Valle

When my silence speaks
It tells a story of woe
All I had hoped for was
Never really mine
What I thought of
As love never existed
Mechanical love
Manufactured love
Created by desires
Hopes and dreams
The want so strong
Led me to believe
But I was wrong!

I became confined
To a cold solitude
Promises unkept
Left me so bereft
Only a tale of
Falsities which held
Vengeance..hateful
Words that stung
My ears deeper
Than voice still
Hurt inside as tears
Well up in my eyes
To reminisce what
I had missed!

Then there was you
That special one
Who spoke words
Of gentility so
Sweet and kind
Turned my world
Around..changed
My mind as all
The past hurt
Dissipated
I became elated
And from my silence
With hope in my
Heart I emerged!

Fighting days are
Through since the
Day that I met you
My empty shell
No longer sad
All that never was
Has come to pass!

Romeo Della Valle
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Delray Beach, Florida

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