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Words of Silence

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Words are not important,
for words can always lie.
But the silence speaks in volumes,
it screams and I know why!

The truth is in the space between,
our words and silence--unseen.

We do not say what we (really) mean,
but we mean what we (really) say;
just in another way.

And we tell ourselves it's ok…well, maybe just for today.

The truth we can't admit, we think is better left unspoken.
Reality won't permit (while wrapped in our gaudy lie),
the thing we must deny,
yet still are sadly hoping.

The unspoken truth is the lie (this is where we begin to die).
But why do we deny,
What we know is real?
And what we feel?

The Words of Silence are cold-blooded killers.
They take you from the inside out.

And you shout,
              and you shout,
                            and you shout.

Words are not important, for words can surely lie.
But silence speaks in volumes, which one cannot deny.

The truth is in the space between our silence and our words.
And cannot bear be spoken as lies.

And so it dies
                 ...and so it dies.

It cannot fit in the spaces    that are in between our lives.
This one seems to be misunderstood a lot for some reason. I personally think it's one of my best.
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InTheStarryNightSky's avatar
Wow. It's very... big is a word I would use to describe it. Big and important, and powerful, though I am not sure how I can explain why I would use those words.

Although I disagree with the "words are not important", I do agree that silence is powerful. So, congrats on making such a hard to describe poem.