Silence

Prompt from d’VersePoets: Silence; a quadrille, a 44 word poem.

About sixteen years ago, Kev and I went through devasting losses that lasted off and on for four plus years. One thing after another, after another, after another. Kev did his best to help me cope. As I wrote this poem today, it was difficult to look back for most of it still haunts me. If I think of it long, I spiral; so today, while I glance back, I focus on the present, and the blessings we share now.

Silence

I don’t say a word.
I just can’t.
If I open my mouth,
I tell you, I’ll scream.
Can’t help it.
The loss is too much.
I can’t bear.
I stare out the window
Of the car. Aching in
A heart-wrenching
World of Silence.

Kaci Rigney Copyright March 23, 2026