The Silence When You Talk

Is there a worst silence

Than the one before a storm?

The type of silence you feel 

In your skin

Behind your eyes

In your toes

And in your tongue (it tastes like danger)

That cold silence that makes 

A home out of your bones

Uses up your blood like oxygen

Leaving you to choke

Sometimes when we talk

I feel that silence nearing

Slowly cornering me

Like a sword pushing me 

Against the walls of my own mind

Why don't you speak when you talk?

You shoot me with your eyes

While you soothe me with your words

I can't stand this silence no more 

I don't need you to be kind

I need you to bring the storm

That we both know is coming