I heard every word
that you never said.
I heard it, it felt it,
I licked and smelled it,
I tasted every and each word
that you never said.
Every syllable, every vowel,
every letter tasted like you,
raw, uninhibited, opened
You.
I swallowed them all, the words
that you never said.
But because I respect your silence
I never mentioned
what you never speak about.
Alenka H., 2023