And Still We Couldn’t Hear You

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You spoke so loudly

In that stoic silence

And Still we did not hear you

Somewhere between boy

And man

I barely knew you

You were a friends boyfriend

An amazing artist

But I didn’t see

That inward pain.

We shared our faith

Our life and dreams

We built memories

But always it seemed

You were somewhere in

The shadows

Not quite boy

Never a man.

I wasn’t yet twenty one

When I learned you had

Killed yourself

I don’t remember the details

But the pain leaves an imprint

The what could I have done’s

How could I have helped?

But living in what if’s

Doesn’t change the what is

And a brilliant mind

Was taken to soon.