Silence is the loudest sound I’ve heard

It echos in your brain 

Squeezing your heart

Silence is the sound of things you didn’t say.

But you wish you did.

You wish you said it

It's the sound of the end, 

When you finish a story

When you lose a friend

Silence is the sound of

Waiting 

And waiting.

For things to get better.

Silence is the hope that things will get better

Because something so empty 

Can only get filled up

Its things inside wanting to come out

Wanting to be said

To be heard by other people.

Instead, all that comes out is 

“I’m fine”

Because you don’t want it to be heard

That’s what silence sounds like.