Inscrutable Silence

The no message- message A space without a frame No sound or a syllable leaving behind a name Inscrutable silence Wrong number didn't dare? Nothing in particular Though someone had been there... For they tried more than once, To see if I was home, I was of course, they knew it By not answering the phone... Perhaps it was destiny I left hanging on the line, 'Why didn't you answer? We called time after time' 'We could not reach you So we gave up the cause, Is misery the resting place You go to just because...? 'No' I tried to defend The weakness in my ego Hesitating to answer The calling of long ago... 'You will have to explain someday And face yourself, 'then, The voice added: 'You will have to face us as well'... 'I know, ' I said, 'I was The blank space on the tape, The one who wished to say something No recording device could ever replay! Romeo Della Valle ©All Rights Reserved-2011 New York City