Though I Was Silent

Though I Was Silent

Though I couldn't grasp,

I held onto you.

Though I couldn't cry,

when you did, I silently wept too.

Though I couldn't breathe,

I lived through you.

You held onto me,

so I held onto you.

You saw me when i was invisible,

heard me though i made no sound.

A mother's sixth sense, I'd say,

to each other, we'll be forever bound.

And so you sang to me,

a song I heard many times before.

You stopped, I felt you weeping,

then you sang to me once more.

Then God's angels sang to me,

as I fell asleep one day.

To the echo of your heartbeat,

as mine slowly faded away.

Said a million words

In this short time I've spent

Cried a million tears,

though i was silent.

The bond we've shared,
who but a mother can understand.
The tears we've cried

are right there in your hands.

It's okay mommy,

from an unseen world, I now depart.

Though I couldn't trace your face,

I got to trace your heart.

Copyright © 2010 by Keisha de Verteuil