When no words will do
And no phrase will say
How the heart does hurt
With each passing day
And the void inside
Makes grown men meek
All they can do
Is let silence speak
For the life that’s gone
The flame that died
Oft night since then
They’ve sat and cried
A branch of life
They held so close
And now they’ve lost
The one loved most
And then they wake
Wish them still there
And not given unto
Death’s icy stare
With mouth spread wide
No voice comes through
But the silence speaks
The words for you