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.