Silence Poem by Nick Perritt

A sigh escapes unanswered into the night;
from your mouth, truth longs to flow endlessly.
a glance evolves as we paint each other on our eyelids;
these portraits grow impassable.
a promised word between us escapes as smoke; unsaid,
as the roofs unfurl in soft illumination.
our linking heart beats join in a dialogue
of telepathic symphonies
as we watch beauty poised in evaporating night.
i to tell all with a caress, a melancholy kiss.
the silences we create mirror all that’s left unsaid;
as mist, while the moon glows in echo