Writing Prompt

To me silence is heard,

Buried within you like a caged bird.

Something felt rather than expressed.

A feeling unexplained, almost a threat.

A voice that doesn’t speak,

A voice that’s never met.

Words that gather and trapped into a net.

The reason you keep quiet,

The reason you don’t forget.

The silence you wake up to one day and simply regret....

Silence. A sense of stillness.

The world stops time goes by hour after hour and your just still.

Your alone.

People are there but it doesn’t feel that way.

Life’s like a anchor.

It can weigh you down.

It feels like everything is falling apart and your the only one keeping it together.

It’s exhausting and sometimes that’s when silence feels good.

Power. A sense of control.

It’s not always there and...

Silence is when you can think

When you can take a deep breath

Silence is peaceful

Silence is the time realize all the things you did wrong

And than beat yourself up over them

Silence is when you scream and cry even though you have no idea

When tears stain your pillow because you don’t know what to do

Silence is when your the most negative

No one’s voice can penetrate the one inside your head

Be...

silence.

let that silence ring out for a minute.

let that word hang on your tongue.

seep into your skin

silence is supposed to be quiet

so why does it make everything loud?

too loud.

silence.

let that silence shake your entire being with how suffocating it is

smothering you.

silence is supposed to be quiet.

supposed to cake your being with some sense of temporary peace and content.

bu...

You know when you hear something bad your brain goes quiet

Like everyone that was just talking all the sudden stopped like everyone’s

Minds shut off like a light just off if the silence is loud then but why is the quite so loud...

Silence is a warm hug to the introverted,

a hot cup of coffee on a cold winter day.

Silence is medicine after a hectic day.

Silence does not necessarily have to be a bad thing.

Living is appreciating the little things,

like the peace in silence.

Silence can be alarming, but it can also bring you

relief.

It allows you to feel what you need to feel,

to think about what’s been in your mind.

It al...

The night is falling down

It starting to get dark

The world become silent

And you are just alone with the silent

The silent ?

Isn’t it strange ?

Staring at the celling

Wondering what you really want in life

Because your choices are paradoxical

The Silent staring at you

Comforting you

Helping you

Hugging you

The silent is unique

There with you everyday

The silent does not Judge

The ...

theres no echo or beginning

you cant see it with your flitting eyes

its there when you least expect it

different than nothing at all

when you open your door and find nobody home

holding your breath underwater for a limited serenity

hiding in plain sight in subtly overhwhelming exchanges

alone with your thoughts and no comfort to be found

it can be scary at first

summoning the demons fighting wi...

After my announcement, the room went quiet. Not even the clinking of forks remained; my entire family was looking at me as if I’d grown a second head. The silence was so loud it hurt, the ringing in my ears deafening. I couldn’t even hear my sister breathing, though she was less than a foot away from me. The ineffable silence remained, nearly making my eardrums bleed.

“What?” I demanded. All I...