The requiem played
So softly in the background.
Our words stuttered to a halt,
And we listened to this--
The breath between words
Not said in the silence
Between us.
All the while the strains of the requiem
Filled the ever widening space
Between the words of lies and truths
In the deafening silence.
To relieve the pressure in our ears
We talked of all the daily banalities
Of work, of dinner, of lunches,
Of the silly things the dogs have done
That made us laugh.
We talked over each other
Stumbling in a strange vocal dance
Until finally tripping into silence
Before a final goodbye is said
With your lies and my truth unclaimed.
But the requiem played still--
And then silence.
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