Till Then When I Will Say Finally... Poem by RIC BASTASA

you hurt me
and i do not voice it out
and everyday you hurt me
every minute
and i become more silent
more silent
until then when i shall finally say
that once in my life
i have loved you...

and then in an instant
that love is gone.

i do not blame you
neither shall i blame myself
it is the silence that ought to speak
but there is no point in your life
that you ever
signified that you have ears

i blame the silence of the ants
they keep on working and then they all leave.