SILENCE

Inside my head silence screams.
Almost driving me mad.
It would have had I not
   already been there.
Silence is deafening.
It withers the heart, soul,
   and the mind.
It is an acid eating away
   at the mind.
It devours all, leaving
   no trace behind.
Silence, the disease.
Silence, the poison.
Silence, caustic.
Silence, suffering.
Suffering in silence, suffering
   in visible silence.
Silence, the true killer.

SCOTT DAVID BUCKLEY