When the Noise Fades
I'm the one who never stops talking
who fills silence
before it can swallow me whole
i make jokes out of heartbeat pauses,
turn strangers into friends
before the quiet remembers my name
Because when it is just me
and the walls
and the soft hum of nothing
i hear everything I've tried to outrun
the thoughts that whisper
"you're easy to forget"
the echo's of laughter
that sound different
when no ones left to hear.
its not that I hate being alone
I just don't trust it
it looks too much like loss
it feels too much like
standing in an empty room
and realizing the light
was never yours to keep
So i stay loud
bright, alive
hoping the noise
will trick the shadows
into thinking in not afraid
But truth is
when the crowd dissolves
and my reflection is all that listens
i still reach for someone
who isn't there.
And every night,
before sleep pulls me under,
i wonder-
if maybe i talk so much
because silence
knows too much about me.
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