The silence speaks You'll be buried sullen and empty Your family's shame Kept beside you at all times It's the same battered resolve The soil behaves As if you're finally loving again The leaves decay Atop the envy we knew you'd repressed Now, you are all that you hate On some hazy day When your return swallows me whole I'll know to speak In ways the summer couldn't defend The silence heaves Leave your resentment where it belongs Did you catch the light through the cracks?