Silence (Insincerely Her's)

Written in 8th grade.

If one thing’s true,

I always have to be sure,

and I’m just not sure about you.

All I know is I feel something in your eyes,

and I wish to be closer.

I try to poor my soul out;

I would show you everything,

everything I’m dying for,

if you would care to know.

I wish to have a conversation

like the one I had with your eyes.

You’re heartlessly heartfelt,

and you truthfully lie,

and you dishonestly care,

for her.

I tell you all that doesn’t matter,

I tell you why I cry,

and I attempt to trust,

for I know your heart is well.

Your words are soothing,

and you would never smash

an already-broken butterfly.

But, maybe that isn’t enough,

I guess you just have nothing to say.

But sometimes silence says more than words,

and in your eyes there’s something more.

So in your eyes I cry tonight,

not knowing if you’d mourn.

Reviews

[E. M. Murren]

Powerful words. The deep longing for the unattainable is well expressed. Bravo.

[John B. Bolling]

I read this and felt like I got punched in the stomach. "But sometimes silence says more than words...And in this silence there's something there" really struck me.

[Rie Sheridan Rose]

"So in your eyes I cry tonight" -- standout line for me in a uniformly powerful piece. The emotion, the clever play on words...truly a very sophisticated write. Excellent work. :)

[Berkley Conner Jr]

Wow you're sure you are 13 cause you write at a level that yeah I dont even know where to put it. I love your style here. "Heartlessly heartful" "truthfully lie" Simply amazing. You are gonna be big someday and I wanna read what you have to write

[Katie Lynn]

I love that short line of "For her" in the middle, its so... powerful