It was loud

Louder than anything heard before

It seemed to echo all around

From the city streets it tore

Louder than the loudest of concerts

Louder than the looks traded back and forth

The shadows had the highest honors

It protected even those with no worth

Language was spoken only through hands

Not a whisper or scream could be heard

Neither a storm screaming across sands

Every movenment had been learned

It was loud

Louder than anything heard before

It seemed to echo all around

From the country streets it tore

Louder than the engines of trucks

Louder than the howling of wolves

From the ground up lightning struck

From the caves the silence was pulled

Now

The shadows cradled a broken soul

So the trees cried out

And the animals mourned

And the silence echoed across the lands

Where people could speak but only with hands

Where there was no music and were no stands

Where the silence was woven into sheets with strands