Quiet is the way you loved me

The
quiet

you're in every sound
that is never heard.

I.
whispered.

you didn't ever make a single sound

and while I used to sing out loud,
when I proclaimed on top of mountains
that I was yours and you were mine
and the world was ours to have
we were in love, real, true, everlasting
love.
you would only shush me
and whisper softly that things were ok.

quiet is the way you loved me.

I screamed in your ears while you slept
that you were hurting me, silently bruising me
I grieved over your still alive body.

I don't have a single scar to show you in the morning and your ears didn't even buzz or bleed.

and when you left
I cried out for you to hold me, touch me, love me!
and you put a single finger to your lips.

and when I went silent for only you, love,
you forgot about me...