Unspoken

A tear once fell without a sound,  

As silence held the day,  
If ever once our eyes should meet,  
What would we even say?

Your smile could bloom through winter’s chill,  
And melt the frost between,  
A love once lost may rise again,  
In places we have been.

I waited long by shadowed doors,  
With hope that wouldn’t fade,  
Your heart remained a distant shore,  
No step toward me you made.

You gazed, but never spoke the truth,  
Your silence built a wall,  
We danced around what could have bloomed,  
And let the silence call.

Say it now or hold your peace,  
The hour’s getting late,  
Almost love is still not love—  
And silence isn’t fate.

If hearts could speak before they break,  
And time could just rewind,  
I’d hold you once, then let you go,  
With no regrets behind.