A Quiet Life

“I live a quiet life, thinking of what to say”—Angela Ball

I can hear her
whispering her secrets to my ear,
words lost on me
like those days at the beach ,
the ones you thought I loved so much.
I wanted to feel that sense of magic
you spoke of with passion:
he water’s beauty, waves crashing,
how you felt young again.

My head wouldn’t let me;
it kept telling me I would rather be
curled in a corner,
trying to make sense of things.