"Silence"

There are times when words fail me

When writing and speaking fall short

When nothing comes out right,

(Though nothing comes out wrong),

When the dictionary becomes useless,

(The thesaurus even more so),

When my heart and mind cannot translate

What’s going on in my life,

When they cannot communicate

What I want or need to say-

What you should hear;

Times when my eyes have to speak for me,

When my expressions have to explain each complexity,

When my hug has to fill the silence between us.

Right now, for Nava.

IDOMAD, 2009