Crossroads

I’ve tried to reach you

in so many ways

but you’ve retreated

into a world

I cannot enter

A world without
words I can use

to explain myself

A world of silence

that suffocates me

where even my screams

cannot be heard

It was not this way

when we first met

When I spoke

you listened

Though you didn’t say much

I knew you understood

Though I learned to listen

you don't say anything

I’m tired of guessing

and my tears have run dry

We have reached a fork

in our journey together

and our roads now lead

in opposite ways

There’s no point

in lingering here

any longer

All that is left

is to say goodbye

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