Why Am I Silent? - title change from Why You are Silent

[Grace]

Why You Are Silent

Dark shadows call.
Black curtains fall.
My knees are weak.
Why don't You speak?
Why are You silent?

Then diamonds dress my destiny.
Blessed clouds of mist enlighten me.
Dark fades to light when angels sing.,
and grace the grand and little things.
Why am I silent?

Again, the depth of darkness falls.
Days wearing black make frequent calls.
Dark spirits stalk and reap their prey.
A smirking demon creeps my way.
Why are You silent?

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Hi Loretta,

The title of the poem is "why you are silent". Im not sure the poem explains why, as the person would perhaps have to break the silence and speak, in order to give an answer.

Though I can relate to the idea of the loneliness of silence between two people causing one of them to mentally go off at a tangent and find some light to "grace the grand and little things", to make the lack of communication bearable, "darkness fades to light when angels sing" (S2, L3), bothers me. The narrator appears to be celebrating "blessed clouds of mist" and angels as her reality. So she's either religious or mentally cracking up because of the silence. Why not add further stanzas where the conflict is resolved and the silence becomes a not needing to speak.

I like the contrast between light and dark in the poem. "A smirking demon creeps my way", evokes an atmosphere well. Thank you for the read of this. Grace :-)