THE WHISPER OF YOUR SMILE

You doubted

If ever I was listening to you.

I am.

You always had my full attention.

I just didn't cast my ears,

I wailed with your silent cries;

Choked with your imagined fears.
Grimaced in your unspoken vexations;
Drifted with your sighs.

My soul quivered with every beat

Of your pulse;
I am.
Be assured. 

I listened; 
Even subscribed 

To your subtle suggestions:

The diet, the fish oil, the futility of exercise.
I celebrated the glow of your glimpses;
How I wished I'd never miss 
Eternity in your eyes.

But if ever I'd be called in a while -

Back to where it all begun, 

Yonder my mornings will wake up 

To the whisper of your smile.