There is a certain quiet in

the falling snow which

I can never seem to find

within myself.

 

In this quiet lies

the love of I have for

my future children,

the love I hold in my heart for

my family, my friends,

and tears I cannot cry

for things I cannot

say.

 

I do not know what

it takes to solve the mystery of

silence.

But I do know that

silence

is what I strive

for.

 

How many tears can I try to cry

of love,

of sadness-vast as the things that will

never fall

out of my mouth and into

the air- until I

reach the quiet of the

falling snow,

holding all the things

my heart holds dear.

 

My legs stretch as far as they can

reaching for quiet

racing for a still mind

as restful

as (dis)quiet

as the

falling snow.

 

Lizzie Roberts

photo credit