We carefully speak <br />Around the painful loss <br />As though the words <br />Form a distinct outline <br />Of what is gone <br />Like a graphic photo negative <br />The background defines the image <br />The darkness focuses the light <br />The blackness surrounds the white <br />Out of respect <br />We avoid mention <br />Of the dead<br /><br />Dean Meredith<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/what-is-left-unsaid-2/
