Dear...

Dear Silence,

Silence,

You are deadening

Frightening

And also a fear

Silence,

You are an entity that we can sense

You echo through our bodies

And chills us to the bone

You make us fear something greater

We fight our hardest to avoid you

We do anything to never have to face you

We fill our lives with meaningless noise

If it means escaping your grasp

.

However,

I found a loophole for you

Something that connects us

Being silent is different than you

Remaining speechless, unheard, and quiet

It’s something we barely ever accomplish

We constantly speak our opinions

If it means filling the void

and avoiding you

We say meaningless words and phrases

No one pays attention to or listens to

But, we feel heard

Because we're simply stating it

Even if it is out in emptiness

We feel heard, and you

The silence

fear is gone

Silence,

You are considered to be one of the scariest of sounds

because you the absence of sound itself

You are what we hear

when we’re alone

Or what we miss and long for

When there's no one for us to be with

After all,

You're the only friend we have sometimes

You're there when we're by ourselves

You're the sign no one else is there

That we are alone

They say those who remain silent do it as a choice

They choose to let their opinions fall right into the shadows

And never have them heard

They keep the sound trapped

and captive in their mind

Have their thoughts bottled

And audible only for them

They remain silent because they learned

They learned that you

Silence

You are the best company one can have

Because that’s when we finally have peace

Peace of mind