Silence - Chasity Hamilton

The screaming in my head,
never stops,
never ends.



All the while, I try to be
the silence -
the silence
that you need.



Suffocated thoughts,
strangled sounds-
that slip from my mind
only in the dark confines,
of my four walls.



A yearning,
a burning,
to find that place
where solace is sound.



Puddles of muddled words
that were once my own.
I sacrifice
to end the hues
of lightning in your eyes.



But the screaming-
never stops,
never ends.



The night is heavy-
the silhouette of your laughter,
so foreign to my ears-
is misted over with a dark emotion.



And we’ll laugh ‘till we cry,
for an excuse to let go-
to push it all away.



I try to be silent,
but the screaming,
never stops…
never ends.