Best be ready

The silence in your voice

Says more than words.

The distance in your eyes

Won't let me near.

The pain in your laugh

Robs it of humor or joy.

The expression on your face,

So carefully controlled,

Lets no emotion show.

The tension in your body

Will soon take it's toll.

The numbness that protects you

Will pass all to quickly

And leave only agony.

Best be ready. . .