Deadly Silence

Everything silent is deadly, still waters, they run deep

Silence disguises the ill intent, so our trust it keeps

A friend or foe can be silence, circumstance changes it all

Silence allows you to hear enemys approach and so prevents a fall

Silence, a deadly killer, no pain, there’s no cause for concern

Eventually rears it’s deceptive head when you find there’s more to learn

Because you’ve displayed no symptoms the diagnosis was hard to make

I understand how you’re feeling, it is difficult news to take

I will answer all the questions you have that goes for your family as well

I cannot imagine what you’re going through, it must be living hell

I wanted to ask the question but the words would not come to my mouth

He already had the answer, a month or two at the most

I understood what he told me but I did not know what to say

A stranger in a room just told me, my life is being taken away

I could not dare to look at my husband I just did not know what to do

I haven’t felt ill, not even a cold, we didn’t have a clue

That we’d  be facing this long hard silence, with a man who was trying his best

I’d be facing a different prognosis today if I’d have gone for a mammogram test

I’d been sent a routine appointment for a mammogram eight months ago

Feeling well, I didn't want to waste the doctors time and decided not to go