No Word (Poetry)

Don’t you have anything to say
after all this long, long time?
Is there anything you think
would make things better?
Have you anything to offer
to take away the pain?
No word at all
not even in a letter?

Is there nothing that you want to add
that somehow might explain
the reason why you did
the thing you did?
I’ve never gambled every hope
so recklessly before
but I have a hunch it’s worth
a final bid

So tell me all or nothing, please
and let it be the truth
and all that small important word implies
half-truths are the coward’s way
and I’ll likely see right through
because they sound so close to downright lies

I’ve waited for an answer
been patient all these years
for a message — any sign you cared at all
there’s not a day goes by
that I don’t think of you and sigh
nothing changes — I’m still waiting
                                        for your call