If My Heart Had a Voice

You ever notice how hard it is at times, to communicate. Each person wants to be heard, each person wants to be understood, yet no one at the time is really listening. It is not hard to see that sometimes the meaning just gets lost in the emotion. If only our hearts had a voice to say what we can’t seem to get across verbally. If only the soft intent behind what we feel could take a step forward first, would we be at odds so much?

If only we realized that to truly communicate, it’s like sending a ship from one port to the next. While one person is talking, we have to clear our minds and really try to feel their words and thoughts as they send them across an ocean of feelings to us. We, in turn, do the same for them and hopefully, in this way, we can fight through the storm of what we think, and concentrate on how not communicating makes us drift apart. Like the ship, our feelings sail one to another. Like the waves, we both rush to the shore.

Sounds simple enough, but many times we sink each other’s ships before it sails; anger, hurt, and confusion gets in the way and we never truly make port, and you find yourself wondering…

If My Heart Had a Voice

If my heart had a voice,

There are things that you would understand.

My love would forever walk with you,

Problems are conquered hand in hand.

If my heart had a voice to whisper,

It would speak to yours with the softest words, with the sweetest vowels,

If you could only hear my heart's pleading, you’d feel their comfort, you’d forget our trials.

If my heart had a voice to touch you,

Each syllable would be clear,

Each sentence would be direct. No room for misunderstanding,

Life’s too short to drown in regret.

If my heart had a voice to flow through you,

Would you take the time to feel its truth, would you know all its secrets, all its pain?

Could we accomplish a greater connection?

Could we not share this joy in vain?

If it could sing a song of gratitude

The melody would rain over you throughout time.

Try to hear its subtle music,

Because in our short time together, your heart has spoken to mine.

If my heart had a voice to comfort you,

It would tell you how sorry I am that it could not fully reach, what was in you, what was in me.

If you could count the tear drops on this page-

They’d show my love… it’s all you’d see.

If God could make the sound of beauty,

My hearts notes could be heaven's song.

If its voice were allowed to tell you

It has truly tried to speak the truth, no harm meant-nothing wrong.

If the words of the mouth could remain silent

And let the heart beat in the rhythm of what it wants to say.

I wonder if you could then hear me better-

Could my soul have touched yours in a greater way?

Each word it is allowed to speak-

Each beat of its quiet song-

If my heart had a voice to tell you,

None of its loving whisper would be spoken, or taken wrong….

Written By: Yolanda Olivia Anderson