November 6

Silence looks like
Finally falling asleep after a rough night

Silence looks like
The eye contact before her first kiss

Silence looks like
A sky full of snow illuminated by streetlights

Silence looks like
Sitting in the car alone, far too morose to speak

Silence looks like
Rain pouring down on the other side of a window

Silence looks like
Peace

Peace looks like
Silence

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Tonight's biggest accomplishment?
Drifting out of consciousness
When counting sheep & common sense
don't lend a hand to calm my head
The music stops
the pounding ends
I'm left alone
My thoughts again
Havoc wreaked
No reprimand
I can't control
What's happening

Then it stops

But only momentarily
before the bass drops again
Shaking me so scarily
From the inside out
At the point where I can barely see
losing focus
out of mind
A drug not taken
voluntarily
This is not customary
this delusional device
known as silence
known as me
Investigating my mind
What monsters may exist
behind these two emerald eyes
Is known to few
Is known to me
When distractions go to die
The beasts come out
to play with once more
raging war on the inside
But this is not Normandy
Yet I cannot stop the tide

So I hide.
I run from all the struggles
I do not face my fear
Your greatest enemy
is yourself
This enemy is not dear.