Voices Unheard

("Voices Unheard" was one of the two topics in a Poetry Competition in college)

Dedicated to Acha and Monai Uncle 

You spoke to me
But your sorrow
Was a voice unheard
And it resonated within the depths of me
As I started to cry again
I thought I was alright
Finally freeing myself
From the pain of a loss
Finally accepting
But in its finality
There was only weeping
He left both you and me Father
I know you're hurting
I am too
Our sorrows unheard voices
Even when we're smiling
Even when we're laughing
I am lost and free
As I walk by this path
With the sound of rustling leaves in my ear
I am pained by this grief
That keeps coming back to fill my eyes