Silence

The silence comes quickly
As migrating birds in flight
It has no feelings of remorse
Just its tyranny of utter fright

Its darkness surrounds me wholly
Leaving my heart empty and bare
I pray for you to leave me
And for my sanity and soul to spare

But you possess all the power, don’t you?
And you won’t give in to this senseless plea
You love the grief, the agony
Les, the contemptuous pain brought upon to me

I haven’t the energy to fight you
So once again you regain your thrown
This pain I feel is all around me
The Silence is like nothing I’ve ever known

Take what you will and leave me
Leave me cruelly and full of spite
You’ve won again, so easily…
For this broken vessel no longer has the might

Story ID:	1799
Written by:	Stacy Lynn Stiles (bio, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Poem
Location:	Tomah WI USA
Year:	2007