Silence

Soft golden peace

Freedom from the jangling dissonance of voices

Of noise and constant demands

Until

Your silence begins to scream

In silence

Every unbearable outcome plays

I see you weeping alone

Drawn into yourself

Suffering in stubborn solitude

While my hand

Quaking

Reaches for you

Waiting an eternity for you to grab on

The longer your silence

The more fears ignited

Every foolish paranoia parading incessantly

Gruesome pantomimes behind my eyes

You are the ill-fated headliner

Crushed in a slow-motion wreck

Or lying inert

Pale as the sterile hospital sheets

In your silence

I wait helplessly

While in my cursed imagination

You begin to doubt I'm real

You believe you're alone

Succumbing to the lies your old wounds whisper

And the silence of others drowns you

I watch obsessively

For some word from you

Anything

Even a passive aggressive single letter

"k"

To assure me you're still alive

Anything is better than your silence

Yell at me

Hate me

Hit me

Tell me I'm smothering you

Please

Just don't be so awfully

Silent