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.

but in silence only you can hear the nonstop alarm clock of thoughts

let that silence carry.

oh, i know it hurts.

quiet on that western front.

but you carry it on, don’t you?

silence.

the one true thing that can bring pain by doing nothing at all.

let it ring.

let it hang.

let it seep.

let it shake.

let it carry.

let it hurt.

and let youself unfurl, in the silence.

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