Poems (Jordan)/Unvoiced

by Rebecca Queen Jordan

UNVOICED

My heart, mute-born, can never voice
 Its mighty love for you;
But since Earth silent pow'rs employs
 Her greatest works to do,
May I not on Love's strength depend
To make you comprehend?

Soundless the artist's busy brush
 Upon space-easeled skies,
And noiselessly the flowers rush—
 Besplashed with sun-spilt dyes!
To drink perfume from earthen jars
Under the rainbow bars.

The hidden forces are the strong;
 Their tools give forth no sound
And Love has never found a tongue
 For feelings most profound,
Oh, why, since lips cannot express,
Reject the heart's caress?

Methinks as objects visible
 But chisel chips from Space,
So words which would Love's message tell
 Must some of it erase.
When Love provides the heart's repast,
Tis well the lips should fast.

Then doubt me not, but rather know
 The love that lies unspeeched,
Must e'er abide in depths below
 The depths e'en thought has reached!
Hearts have no language all their own,
Else you the truth had known!

Sometime a nightless day shall rise,
 Unveiling heart to heart;
Then scales shall drop from holden eyes,
 And Life-walls fall apart,—
Then all life's silences shall tell
My love unspeakable!