DISTANT SILENCE

DISTANCE /SILENCE

I remember the first time you told me

how I sent your mind and body into a flutter

what you could normally say so easily

(when it came to me)

you found the words hard to utter

You said you wanted to get to know me

And for the first time I actually believed

that someone cared enough to share

(At first filled with trepidation)

soon enough I felt relieved

I slowly allowed you in,

even opened up my heart

Most don't get that close... 
(i can be very distant)

So for me, this was a breakthrough...

a brand new start

Conversations began to flow... 
(tentatively at first I must admit)

This is what happens when we have been hurt before

Never quite knowing, scared to death of showing

Our true thoughts and feelings,

often saying less...not more

The deeper in we get, the more fear can pervade our minds

Scared of being rejected, we put up our shields

(Back to where we started)

neither one brave enough to make the first move

instead of closeness...more distance,

silent wounds we wield

Often, it's not even the things we say that convey our true feelings

It's the things we don't say that have the greatest meaning

but this could be our biggest downfall

(our silence interpreted as not caring)

or even worse...being demeaning

THAT DAY

YOU DREW A LINE IN THE SAND

YOU CREATED INCREDIBLE DISTANCE

BETWEEN US

WHEN IN FACT

HAD WE BEEN HONEST, WE WOULD HAVE FOUND

THAT WE ARE BOTH PREPARED

TO GO THE DISTANCE

(c) Teresa / Divinia 19th August & 13th December 2011

Song used : Broken Skin by Nitin Sawhney