Wordlessly Wanting

                   
                  Tears of unspoken words
                  fall silently upon the page
                  as I try to write the letter
                  with feelings that were encaged.

                  I could never find the courage
                  to tell her how I felt.
                  My feelings encaged in ice walls.
                  Ice walls I could not melt.

                  All that's left are faded letters
                  that make me feel insecure.
                  I cannot hold them to my heart.
                  Warm and tender, I once held her.

                  The years are slowly creeping by
                  still I cannot write that page.
                  So my tears will just grow mellow
                  as I just grow old with age.

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