Speak

You asked me a question.
You asked with urgency
If the man could speak.
You said it was a matter
Of great importance.
You said so with your words
And with your face.

There were other men
In the room,
Men who had known
Only silence too.

A question for you,
If I may.

Look in the mirror
And see what
You need to see
And tell me
With your face alone
When next we meet.

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