your voice has been a silence now four years

your voice has been a silence now four years
your laughter's echo's passed to memory
and on this day I shed my silent tears

they  trail down cheeks, these tears I do not steer
no words are said, pretending not to see
your voice has been a silence now four years

a gaze, then eyes stare down among your peers
at feet not there where one good friend should be
and on this day I shed my silent tears

and four years past that day of horrid fears
recalling dreaded day with clarity
your voice has been a silence now four years

oh how can it have been so soon four years?
in silence contemplating what I see
and on this day I shed my silent tears

if decibels could injure normal ears
how much more your silence does deafen me
your voice has been a silence now four years
and on this day I shed my silent tears

6:59 PM 6/27/2010