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The Sound of Silence
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The Sound of Silence |
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Emmy Member
since 1999-06-29
Posts 194KY |
It's been a long time, years since they've spoken It's obvious now that the bond has been broken Two lovers who once had so much to say don't know what to do when it's not that way It's painfully awkward They both try to talk but it all comes out wrong So they stand, not speaking, even the air seems to still And then enters a prescence no words can fill It is the sound of silence A girl's cries echo from a bathroom stall As bright red blood drips down the surrounding walls She slit her wrists, this is HER blood she shed Life got hard, she thought she was better off dead But now she realizes she doesn't want to die And this is the cause of her heart-wrenching cries "Please God, if you let me live, I won't do it again, I swear!" But the only response to her desperate prayer Is the sound of silence The slam of the door tells her her husband is home And tonight, like all other nights, he is stoned And when he is stoned, God, does he get mad... She still has scars from other fights they've had So now as this drunk monster staggers into her room Fright grips her heart, tonight may seal her doom And the only sound as she fears for her life Is the sound of silence It's a miracle this man has lasted so long, no one seems to know how But finally it's his time to go, it'll be any moment now This man seems to know that heaven awaits and soon he will be greeted by those pearly gates What a pity though, that he has to die all alone Surrounded by a solitude that hurts his very bones and now as he succombs to the grips of death the only sound as he takes his last breath Is the sound of silence The sound of silence is one we've all heard It's not simply lack of noise or words It's a sound of it's own which is known to all It make even the loudest noise seem so small It's the noise that fills even the quietest place Heaven forbid you meet it face to face For it strikes fear in the hearts of even the most proud and leaves you to wonder how silence can be so loud Hark! The sound of silence! |
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Black Rain Member
since 1999-07-19
Posts 60California, USA |
Hey Great poem, I like it! ------------------ |
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