Death By Silence
This silence around me
seems to be compressing in on my body
& suffocating me slowly.
(death by silence)
The empty sounds around me
seem to make no noise
& there is no familiar music blasting away.
(I never realized how much I rely on it)
All I can hear is the sound of the ground
beneath these car wheels turning
around & around,
over & over,
& the sound of my sister's voice on the phone.
(I cling to just this small sound)
"Please can we have some music?"
"No."
This silence is slowly suffocating me
& I can't seem to do anything but think
& ponder my latest decisons
(I don't really want to think about them)
The silence surrounds me like a blanket,
but I can't seem to breathe,
like someone pulled it over my head
& won't let me breathe.
(who knew silence could be so suffocating?)
& then the radio is on
& a song is playing
& I'm singing along
& I finally can breathe.
(looks like the silence didn't kill me this time)
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