James Chapman Poet Free verse

Notes About The Poem

This poem explores the emotional tension between silence and understanding the internal struggle of my view of shyness. Hoping to show the readers an irony idea that silence can be heard suggesting that unspoken words often carry more meaning than those spoken aloud.

Silent Can Be Heard

He stood before her—
silent,
but not unspoken in his thoughts.
Words echoed loud in his mind,
if only she could hear them,
perhaps she would understand.
Understand his faults,
the weight of missing words,
the drought of silence
that left her drowning in doubt.
But when silence breaks,
clarity cuts deep.
His chosen words—
not what she longed to hear.
He thought his silence
was in her best interest,
a message left untold.
Yet in the end,
his silence
was all she heard.

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