She wanted to write to him. Tell him she was glad he was back, that he was alive, that he was home and safe. But words to him no longer fit right in her her mouth. Words which belonged in his ownership were no longer hers to give. Silence was the only acceptable state her heart would grant. He would never know what he missed, because she refused to be heard in his presence. All the words he could have had, all the phrases he might have danced with. The smiles which would have been imprinted upon his heart, would never be. And his lips would never be able to reply to the words she could not say. Coco J. Ginger
About This Quote

The author of this poem, Mary Karr, is writing of a lover who has been gone for some time. The woman has been unable to find the words to express her thoughts about him. She is afraid he will not understand. He does not need to know every detail of her feelings for him.

But it hurts to have these thoughts so she is hesitant to share them. This inability to communicate her feelings is a situation she is familiar with. Her thoughts and emotions are bottled up inside trying to escape but no escape is possible without someone hearing those thoughts and those emotions.

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