My Heart's Silent Suffering

I sit alone in the darkness,
All is quiet and still.
What is this I hear?
I hear the silent screaming of my heart.
I can hear my heart pleading --
I hear it beating.
Faster, faster, faster!
Could I be dreaming?
I feel such emptiness;
So lost in this world.
My heart is aching.
I can hear it screaming,
Louder, louder, louder!
My heart is pleading.
By morning, when it finally came,
All was quiet and still.
Not a thing could be heard
Except the silent, steady beating of --
My heart.
Day by day I feel the pain
That has dwelt within me for so long.
Not even one knows what I feel,
That is . . . my heart's silent suffering.