Just for a moment

I screamed so loud I heard the silence

and it seemed to know my name

It bore the weight of voices lost

that sing to me my name

 

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They sing to ease the loneliness

that hides beneath the skin

The endless touch of helplessness

The pain that seethes within

 

and in that moment

I held my breath until a vision

showed me how to be at peace

I closed my eyes and lost myself

until the noise decreased

 

 

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The noise that craved the loneliness

The noise became my sin

The shattered touch of silence lies

with noise that hides within

 

Embraced in silence

I didn't think I could survive it

as I felt my body fade

I should have died here long ago

and oh god knows I've tried

 

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I tried to erase all the pain

I tried to quell the fears

but the noise that  had made me whole

laid claim to all these years