Ear-Shattering Silence
Do you know what the loudest sound on the planet is?
It’s not a police siren or
a train’s bell.
It even comes before
my mother’s yell.
It’s more complicated
than the most difficult alliance.
The loudest sound on the planet
is ear-shattering silence.
Silence houses
the creepiest of nightmares.
People run to silence,
but it’s one of the evilest players
in the game of Life
because it’s unsuspected.
People run to silence
when they feel lonely or rejected.
Sometimes loud sounds
give us warning or guidance,
but the scariest sound on the planet
is ear-shattering silence.