Silence

The music in my heart cries out.
Oh for glorious release!
But stifled still, my stone ribs
Stop the breathless notes within.

My insides ache, my fingers itch
But only silence rings
As empty ears, and empty mind
Yet lack the notes to sing.

The unknown question, the unsaid word
Hangs behind the veiled air.
To opaque thought and formless moaning
Whirls my mind again.

I long to taste, to feel, to breathe, to shout,
To cry, to speak, to sing!
But only vacuum meets the prayers
That spacious minds will bring.