Unspoken Poem by Zoe Richardson

Something rises in the wind
A story over, a song begins
Playing a catcall from the past
The fading of all I thought would last

Where did you go, my summer treasure?
You took your due as we took our leisure
I see your smile and I hear your voice
I thought I had no other choice

I walk the halls and I breathe your air
I call your name but no one is there
An echo calls, a hollow ring
I would have offered everything

A whisper silenced becomes a scream
I wish you didn't haunt my dreams
I turn the corner but you disappear
My heart so empty after all these years

I want to speak, to call you back
Find the words I always lacked
But time has stained the looking glass
There is no way to change the past

-Zoe Richardson