silence

silence.

it comes in many forms

simultaneously, it's empty and dark and full and bright

the world around you stills, almost to a halt

in an insignificant world, it can carry meaning,

if insignificant itself

it can be a silence of understanding,

legs woven into your partner's,

the calm and the serene surrounding you

in a world where daylight is just beginning to show

it can be a silence of malice,

where two's eyes lock

and in each other's eyes

they see nothing but hollow, dry hostility

or it can be an unsure silence

where a word hangs about in the air

wordlessly said, thought by all

but ignored nonetheless

silence, by definition, is the absence of sound

yet,

it always carries a great deal of emotion

Author Notes: i wrote a thing for english class about silence and wanted to post it here lol (poems don't have to rhyme right?)