Silence

My presence is shrouded by commotion.

But I am an eternal void of profound nothingness.

A witness to each sunrise from the mountain tops,

And ripples of the full moon on a calm ocean,

I am the space between lovers

When their eyes speak

And words fail them.

I’m an uncomfortable entity

As your shadow chases you

On those lonely strolls,

Or when you break down in tears,

Snuggled in your pillow.

My existence is brittle,

Smashed into pieces

By echoes and broken vows.

I engulf dreams and death,

For I fall, each night

The lullaby ends

Or the heart stops.