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Silence


It used to be 

Silence

That tortured me

Methodically

Worked Its way

into me

But then

You came

And the Silence

became so deafening

Stop

It has become

unbearable

With one movement

I end the noise

And once again

I am consumed by the

Silence

-JH

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