Understanding

There where conversations cease,
where spoken words fade in silence,
the fist will open and release
feelings that were powerless, unable
to reach beyond truth or lies;
the open hand will show us
what we are really hiding
in our hearts and in our eyes.
Because only eyes that meet
can cross limits, forced upon us,
only written words can speak
when we listen and hush.
And only there where silence begins,
where masks are lost and honesty wins,
where a person loves another person,
the awareness will breakthrough
that loving one another
is all that we have to do.