Noisy Silence
Crunching knuckles
Breathing in and out
Maddening stillness
Eerie hushes around
Deathly rattle on a loop
With a tick and a tock
No airy whirring is respite
As leaks drip and drop
Gentle taps and whooshing jostles,
Occasional grumbling coos
Elsewhere, scurrying feet rustle
In the deafening quietude
Distant shrieks and crashing glass
Gulps of rising bile
A din inside, stifled fast
By sighs and a forced smile
The thudding heart stutters a little
Shattering all poise
Someone is screaming my nightmares
And silence erupts in noise.
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