~A WORD FROM YOU~

In honor of National Poetry Month

My love, silence from you is killing me

like a deadly virus or a vicious enemy

Like TV with the mute on or a dead cell phone

No e-mail, no text, sweetheart… are we done?

From my eyes flow distrust and pain

While in this strange land, I can’t even sing

At least not the songs that I once knew

of undying love, pure and true

Now, I sing of loss, emptiness, and misery

All played in the key of melancholy

Deep within, I’m slowly dying,

it’s hard to breathe, but I keep trying.

A word from you could stop this pain in my chest 

The sleepless nights and emotional unrest

Words uttered from your lips

could change this ride of long drops and dips

to smooth sailing in peace and bliss

Words typed from your hand

could change this dying soul into a young man again

With returned strength, vigor, and youth

Yes… simply by “A Word from You.”

Written by Rodney L. Johnson