Lessons learnt?

I waited and waited
with bated breath
I tried to shut out
my own voices
So that I could hear that one voice
which held the promise
of melody
I kept so silent
and strained my ears
so hard
that imaginary voices
came to life
but that one voice
failed to speak
it was burdened with untruths
it just couldn't reach me

as some days passed
i heard myself saying these words
and i realised
i was merely echoing myself
all these years later