Unspoken Words

Gone forever and a day

The missives now are missing
and the words have blown away
answers to vital questions
gone forever and a day.

A critical conversation
left lying on the floor
without the legs to stand on
filed away for evermore.

The fragile threads once broken
cannot be tied anew
they’ve drifted to the ether
gone before I knew.

In latent retrospective
only time to speculate
what was lost can’t be recaptured
I left my run too late.

Unspoken words are opportunities
bypassed and never used
a bright light once shining
that was dampened and diffused.

Is truth just a fallacy
and simply a point of view
believed by the initiator
and very precious few.

Sorting out the factors
determining perception
is abstract as an idea
created by conception.

Fragments of unspoken words
left floating in the air
try joining up the puzzle
that’s if you really dare.

©

David Rudder
13th October 2020

Thanks for reading.
Photo thanks to Julie Beasley.