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Silence

May 15, 2014
By LiveforHim BRONZE, Centerview, Missouri
LiveforHim BRONZE, Centerview, Missouri
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Favorite Quote:
I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.


Silence!
Do you hear that?
The distant sound of chatter and laughter…
Silence!
Do you feel that?
The darkness, the loneliness, the doubt?
Silence
Did you hear that?
A name called out while the voices roared…
Silence!
Do you hear that?
A muffled sob coming from the back…
Silence!
Did you hear that?
The muttered words…”she’s pathetic”
Silence!
Do you hear that?
The sound of feet running away…
Silence!
Did you hear that?
A squeak of a door…
Silence!
Do you see that?
The wince because she doesn’t want HIM to notice…
Silence!
Do you hear it?
HE’S storming down the hall, drunk, reeking of booze and anger…
SILENCE!
Did you hear that?
The sound of angry fists on her flesh…HIM saying “It’s all your fault”
Silence!
Do you see her?
Curled into a ball, blood oozing from her lips, she never even cried…
Silence!
Did you see that?
The look in her eyes that shows the doubt permanently etched into her skin.
Silence!
Do you feel that?
The cold, the determination to end it?
SILENCE!
Do you hear that?
Her thoughts screaming out “LOSER!” “IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT!” “YOU DON’T BELONG!’

Silence!
She screams!
I bet you heard it that time…
SILENCE!
She’s had enough!
SILENCE!
She finds the gun…
SILENCE!
She’s holding the trigger!
SILENCE!
She hits the floor…
Silence…


The author's comments:
There have recently been a lot of suicides around me and I was thinking one day about one of them and I just wrote this poem. It may not be the greatest, but I think it is powerful. I do not believe that suicide is the answer (ever!) but I hope the readers get something out of it.

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