Literature
Silence
It rings in your ears,
Like empty static
A simple nothingness;
Oblivion.
But if you listen long enough,
When your heartbeat slows
And your mind grows dull,
You will hear new sounds.
Sounds unlike anything before.
Almost comprehensible, but not quite.
Seemingly human,
But not quite
Whispers will echo around you,
Overlapping in a fight for dominance;
Turning to screams.
Unintelligible utterances
However, listen closer
You will understand them
You will understand their cries
Their emptiness.
You will understand their agony
Their longing
You will understand,
But not until it is too late.
A voice cannot exist on its own,
And each scream, e
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