The sound of silence is deafening. It’s the void of all any any noise, but you can hear how it feels inside of you. If you had to make a sound - to mimic silence - it would be the slight hum of electricity running through my body. The sound of me swallowing - opening my ears. I can feel the silence in the stillness of grass, the way the breeze tickles the back of my neck. I can smell the earth and...

if wishes fell like rain

then certainly I am a storm.

i’ve prayed for your lingering voice

to speak to me again

so many times

that I am drowning in these thoughts.

if you were next to me tonight

the sorrow of this storm

would turn to drops of golden sunlight

and I would flourish again

i have lost myself

in the thought of losing you

each night a dagger in my spine

a ache in my chest

an...