My silence has lasted six years,
Six years of holding and biting my tongue.
But tonight is different, quite.
For tonight i break my silence,
And everything you shall know,
The true meaning of my silence.

My silence speaks to me,
In dreams and in thoughts.
I close my eyes,
And look deep into my soul.
It speaks to me,
To my mind.

Out of the darkness, words formed,
I write them down here,
For that one day,
That i might tell you,
Everything my silence is hiding,
Everything my silence is saying.

My silence is everything and nothing.
For it means everything to me,
But nothing to you.
Beneath this veil of silence,
Lies all my Hopes, all my Dreams,
My Regrets, and my Despair.

Our talks, our few shared moments,
The times i wish could never end.
To hear your voice, to see your face,
To have your arms around me.
These kept my Hope alive,
They meant so much to me.

Misty images of what could have been,
Kissing you on our wedding day,
Raising the children we would bear together,
The life we could have shared.
These came to me in Dreams,
They meant everything to me.

Wasted chances,
Times i could have spoken,
All passed me by.
Mocking me, laughing at me,
Fear kept me silent,
Filling me with Regret.

I watch you speak to me,
With every passing day,
I feel you slipping away.
My Hopes began to evaporate,
My Dreams starting to crumble.
Leaving me with Despair.

But to you i know,
Oblivious to all of this,
For through this facade of silence,
My wishes fell on deaf ears.
So as I sit here writing this,
I am left only with empty Hopes and shattered Dreams.

Six years of silence,
Hoping, Dreaming, Regretting, Despairing,
These my mind, my heart, my soul held,
All this my silence is hiding,
All this my slience is saying,
It is everything and nothing.