What Isn’t Heard

there’s a vastness…
you can’t even fathom…
a universe you can’t imagine…
within the realm of silence

stories untold
realities unexpected
contemplative reflection
pain unspoken

everything locked inside a vacuum
where the wall of it…
can hold someone hostage
a victim of their own thoughts

you can’t hear the noise in their heads
or how it deafens
don’t know the cause…
that created their effect

because silence isn’t always stillness
but rather sometimes…
it’s the weight of staring into an open grave
…knowing it’s just waiting

one wrong step…
and they’re going under
but you can’t hear that…
can you?