The Three Words

Hello, all. This is the result of the creative writing class I'm currently in. We were given a prompt- we were given ten words and had to use at least eight of them in a poem, which we had seven minutes to write. We were not allowed to cross anything out or go back and revise it. I thought I'd put it up here, seeing as I kind of like it.

The silence is a cacophany

An elephant in the room

A stop sign for the thoughts

Of everyone in the ballroom

If we took the silence outside

And wielded it like a weapon

Then waters would stop in their rivers

Fungi would cease to grow

Bells would lose their ability to ring

And everyone in the vicinity

Children

Adults

Seniors

Would stop in their tracks

Clocks would stand still

We could rule the world

Without sugary lies

Or promises for stuff we cannot keep

We could use this silence as a weapon

If we didn't feel as though it would

Explode the room into fragments of dusty mirrors

Shattering you and I like fragile glass

I wish the balloon of silence would pop

As you stare across the room at me

And the three words settle between us

Like weights.

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