Title: Silence
Rating: K
POV: John
Summary: What is Silence?
"Silence (sī'ləns) n. 1. The state or quality of being silent; abstinence from speech or noise; taciturnity. 2. Absence of sound or noise; stillness. 3. Absence of note; failure to mention; oblivion; secrecy."
---pg 1169. (Signal, Silentiary) Funk & Wagnall's Standard Dictionary Comprehensive International Edition Name-day though Z.
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Silence is what you hear before the fight. Its what you hear after the fight. Its what you hear before the tears.
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Silence is when you want to speak but you can't. Its when your thoughts escape you and all the words you wanted to say are gone. Its when you know you should say I love you but you don't.
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Silence is like your own shadow. Its what you see when you won't turn on the light. Its like the ever present hole in your heart that she once filled, ever present.
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Silence is all the things we never said. Its all the things I wanted to say. Its all the things I can never say.
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Silence is the words they say to me. Its what they tell me so I know it's going to be alright. Its how I know they don't care.
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Silence is your screaming in my head. Its the sound of your laugh, a voice so sweet, like milk and honey, that only I can hear. Its the voice that tells me you gone.
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Silence is your ever present memory. Its what stands by my side in the dead of the night when all else but your memory remains. Its what I hear in the night when I drink myself to sleep.
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Silence is the sound I make during the day, hiding behind this mask. Its the smile I give that is as hollow as my own heart. Its the sound I make when the long day is all but gone and I enter the refuge of my quarters.
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Silence is the sound I make as my hand brushes slowly against my gun. Its the sound they hear as they sleep and I cry. Its the sound I hear before the Great silence.
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How was it? I was excited about this one. I think it turned out good! n_n