Silence

When I am quiet

You say it's okay 

You know that I am there 

I don't have to speak

But you cannot hear 

The echoes in my silence 

That call out your name 

It seems as if 

You don't even care 

When hours, days, weeks and months 

Pass us by 

With me being quiet 

And you saying it's alright 

That we don't need to speak 

To know we're still there 

What happens though 

When one day I am gone 

And that day you will need 

My company the most? 

Will my silence still be ok 

Once it becomes permanent?

~S~