Silence
She sat on her desk, pensive Unmoved, unflinching, passive He waited silently for a response Hoping, praying, always positive She wanted to trust, but wouldn’t At least not yet, as she shouldn’t He wanted to understand her apathy But as hard as he tried, he couldn’t Locked secrets and thrown away keys Impregnable fort when under siege What to say to one who walks up Knock on the door and says please She was in a castle inside a fort Surrounded by a garden and a moat Therein she put on a mask And expertly played her part Deep down under she was a kid Fearing retribution for her deed How could she lend him that one stick A mere touch would make her bleed Why should she tell him anything Who was he and what did he think And only way she would let him in If he was patient, instead of probing? All she wanted was sunshine Her sunny attitude, was by design No thoughts of the dusks gone by At the very least, she needed some time With silence...