Neutral expression

Will you ever be calming

Or always lightning,

A crash in-waiting,

A moment’s hesitation

Before the world ends?

Will I stop flinching

At a parting of the lips,

The taste of silence,

Where I hear nothing,

But feel each word that could be

As goosebumps within?

Neutral expression,

Without an affirming smile

How can I trust you

When all you have been

Is a pause between the storms,

Safe harbor for none?