Silence

Last night such a terse encounter
Much was left unsaid
You left then without a word
The silence ringing in my head.
I’ve just called out in the night
You answered, but nothing said
You left me with the sounds of silence
Ringing in my head.
You’ve just called our home number
I know that it was you
You left me listening to the silence
That’s still ringing in my head.
What I can’t understand in all this
Since you’ve left our loving home
Is how in God’s wide green earth
A cat learnt to use a phone.