Title:  Silence
Author: Khylara
Fandom:  WWF  Michael Cole/Tazz
Rating: Uh...PG Still don't know what to rate poetry
Spoilers: 7/12 Smackdown
Disclaimer: They're not mine.  I promise to put them back when I'm
done.
Summary: The reason for Tazz's silence
Comments:  This is the second of 2 poems about the whole Mikey/Tazz
thing on Smackdown - this one is taken directly from Mikey's comment
that he hasn't spoken to Tazz since the whole thing began.
 

Tazz is "speaking"

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Even from the ring
I can see
The hurt in your eyes
And I almost lose my nerve.
I want to run
Straight into your arms
And beg forgiveness
For shutting you out,
But silence has been
My only defense.
I can't afford to take
The risk
Of talking to you
Becaise I know
What would probably happen
If I do.

Because
You're the only one
Who could break me,
The only one
Who could make me come
Running back
To McMahon
Begging
On hands and knees.
All it would take
Is one touch,
One whispered word,
One brush of a kiss
And I'd do
Anything you asked me to,
Even if it meant
Giving up my dream.

Because
I love you, Mikey
And what I did
Has nothing to do with
How I still feel.
If I had been given
Another choice,
I would've taken it gladly,
But the only way I get
What I've wanted
For so long
Is if I leave you behind
And I've worked too long
And too hard
To let it go now.

So silence
Is the only answer
I can give you
And the only thing
I can do
Is stay away.
The emptiness of a life
Without you
Is something
I'm going to have to
Get used to again,
And I can stand
The hurt in your eyes
If I look away.

But in the silence
I can hear
Both our hearts breaking,
And deep down I know
That if I ever do
Come back
To the WWF,
To you,
Nothing between us
Will ever be the same
Again.