TRANSLATION

We learned love like a language,

deciphering each other’s looks

with the dictionary of the heart

and the grammar of the mind.

We studied each other’s skin

till our bodies became bilingual,

speaking sensual sentences

punctuated by heartbeats.

Now that chapter in our lives has finished –

the vows of your vowels

and caresses of your consonants

have become meaningless.

Trying to forget the sound of your voice,

I am haunted by the silence.