Silence (poetry)

Silence (Poetry)

Silence is the moment between a pulled trigger and a gunshot.

Silence is the moment between a hand raised to strike and the pain.

Silence is the moment between the ending of embarrassment and the beginning of shame.

Silence is the moment between love and indifference.

Silence is the moment between diagnostics and doom.

Silence is the moment between surgery and the scars.

Silence is the moment between love-bombing and resentment.

So when you ask me why silence is my biggest fear, it’s not the thoughts or myself I’m afraid of...

It’s because silence slowly starves

It’s because silence is the ugliest scar

It’s because silence was used against others

That they don’t know who they are.