Writing Prompt

If silence had a scent, it would smell like the morning after rain,

When the world exhales, perfectly content,

life returns, breaking every chain

It would smell like tears that break and flee,

Friendly actions holding the key,

Where kindness flows and set us free...

If silence had a scent, it would smell like a freshly washed hoodie and salty tears.

It is in the silence, in my solitude, where I finally let the walls down.

It is where I finally let myself feel the emotions.

Tears will streak down my face, and yet I don’t make a sound, because I can’t let anybody know I feel this way.

I pull the hoodie over myself, as a blanket, and a cover.

You did this, but...

If silence had a scent,

It would smell like earth.

Deep down underground,

Pressing in.

If silence had a scent,

It would smell like damp.

The pause between

The drip and the drop.

If silence had a scent,

It would smell like dirt.

Deep down underground,

Covering up.

If silence had a scent,

It would smell like wet.

The space between

The cool and cold.

If silence had a scent,

It would smell like e...

If silence had a smell’

It would be like the smell after a storm

The quiet stillness and calming scent

Relaxes my nerves and chills my bones

If silence had a smell

It would be like the smell of smoke

The realization of peril.

Tells me to run....

Silence is the smell of salt in the air as I watch my friend be lowered into the ground. Silence is the scent of flowers tossed on her casket.

Silence is the whiff of gas filling the bathroom at the mall until the person leaves so you can poop in peace.

Silence is the aroma of his shampoo and body wash combined with his skin as I lay in his arms at night.

Silence is the scent of cigarette smo...

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If silence had a sent

It would be blood

Cold, damp, and coppery

Filling the room

A toxic sent

But somehow sweet

The smell of cut wrists

On a cold December night

Making pain and taking it away

The sick feeling

Deep in the stomach

That grows and grows

The more your alone

Poisonous to all

Making you numb

Until your gone...

If silenced had a scent, it would be the stale, recirculated air of an airplane descending over Bagram Air Force Base, Afghanistan....

Silence

The thing we alll long for

But what of its taste

Do we seek

Silence is chocolate

Chocolate is ever changing

And silence changes

Chocolate and silence

Both change in how we feel

Bitter chocolate for

Bitter silence

Or are they both sweet

For when we’re peaceful

And at heart...

Our love,

Our intimacy.

The tender silence,

All of the above.

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I love you baby 🖤...

If silence had a scent, it would smell like a foggy, tuesday morning,

When the damp, spooky clouds leave the skies to greet people,

Embracing you, blurring your vision,

Their moisture filling your nostrils.

If silence had a scent, it would smell like if mother nature had cried just the night before,

Her tears remaining on the plants as dew,

Making the scent of the earth more prominent,

All while ...