19 May 2009

Unaccustomed Silence

there is an unaccustomed silence

that blaringly announces 

the presence of your absence


as the phone declines to chime

and the door stubbornly stays unknocked

I am well aware that it is you


and my loneliness and I

share a toast to you

and wish you all the best


©2009-Art Belliveau

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