Words softly spoken between two
Unforced gentle and subdued
Fingers fail to distract
Heads turn to react
A smile signals recognition
Familiar words of cognition

Amidst a cacophony of sounds
Words disruptive and profound
Profess a covenant everlasting
Between two lovers ever fasting
From a world troubled and broken
Replaced by promises never spoken

Truth subverts deceit and lies
Offered to those who wish to survive
Our humanity and sin
Empty epithets exhorted towards kin
Silence prevails after hurt and shame
Two people distanced and blamed

A whisper breaks an awkward moment
Eyes meet without contempt or judgment
Pain subsides as healing begins
A nod of the head, a turn of the chin
Words softened by sorrow and remorse
Relationships renewed without regret or force