Ripped Ap|art

All those years, I was silent,
I never once cried
While you were there.
So you never saw my pain,
Because I never told you
Just how deep my feelings of anguish went.
I was told when you reach the end of your rope, to tie a knot and swing.
I had left the rope before I even knew that it was gone....
But no one had told me I was nearing the end.
How could they know?
I was looking up, wondering how to climb....
They were looking up, thinking I was fine....
But no one ever looked,
And no one ever asked.
So I was silent. I cried silent tears,
I dreamt silent dreams....
Everything was silent, except for my pain.
Then I could be silent no more.
And my pain ripped me apart in the blink of an eye;
And I was gone.
And you all heard my cry,
And came to help.
Only now, it was too late.

Copyright 2001 Caitlin Carlson