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Echoes of Silence

learn to listen

By ChxsePublished 10 months ago 1 min read
Echoes of Silence
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Hush

Your feelings are meant to be kept in your head

your thoughts to be unheard of

Silence

Silence is all I know

It Echoes in my head

Like speaking into a dark long empty tunnel

But my head is not an empty tunnel

It's a world of thoughts, words, imagination

Things no one knows but I, myself

A beautiful world i created, but yet I have dark ones too

Ones that fire creep along every corner

Ones than scream in agony and pain

Ones that laugh, mimic me

I once heard someone say

"Control your thoughts when you are alone"

"Control your words when you are around people"

It seems when I do, everything is so quiet and still

Too quiet, silence, too loud

My thoughts, running, hoping, to find someone to listen to them

It echoes in my head, taunting me, haunting me

Everything is dark and black

Maybe, just maybe, One day

Ill learn to be heard

And I'll learn to hear myself, too

Mental Health

About the Creator

Chxse

Constantly learning & sharing insights. I’m here to inspire, challenge, and bring a bit of humor to your feed.

My online shop - https://nailsbynightstudio.etsy.com

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  • Alex H Mittelman 10 months ago

    I love echos of silence! Great work!

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