Lately

In the pursuit of dreams, and in the fulfillment of promises and obligations, I haven't told you what you mean to me.

In the days past of deadlines and overtime, I have forgotten to say how much I missed you.

In the nights when your hands sought me and found not the solace of my skin but emptiness of my past instead, you slowly lost sight of what we had built along the way...as you fell to the insidious whispers of your darker psyche.

Lately my heart has not spoken unto yours, our heartbeats no longer in tandem, misaligned in the wake of some harsh and ugly words.

But now, I want to tell you how you are the world to me, even when not with a million words can I express my feelings. That whatever words I may find will falter, even as my heart remains true.

Sometimes, just sometimes, silences speak volumes more of what words can say.