Words Left Un-Spoken

If you have ever listened to silence then I am sure that you have heard,

The gentle constant ringing in the space between two words.

When you pay close attention you will find that it is not all in your head,

But instead are whispers of the words that the world has left un-said.

It is "I love you" left Un-spoken or a mother's very last goodbye,

That she did not have the chance to say

As she watched her only child die.

It could also be forgiveness never given

Or "I am sorry," said much too late,

If certain words could possibly save a life

If only we could know it could not wait.

It is the secrets you wish you could hear

Or words from those too scared to say,

The truth of how they really feel inside

Some of us have an advantage still.

For some of us are still alive to speak

Those words that could save a life,

Or give strength to those who are weak

So do not leave anything left un-spoken.

Because it might just be words that

The whole worlds actually need to hear

Before one day they become only that ringing in another persons' ear.