We Don't Talk
it’s what we don’t talk about
that hurts more than anything
the non-existence of my existence
the emptiness within the void
the echo of a silence within the silence
the feeling i’m on mute and
you and the world are ok with that
so we continue to not talk about
what we don’t talk about
and the silence becomes stifling
but we bear it and even pretend
we don’t hear or smell or taste it
till that one day we’ll be so submerged in it
that we’ll let it swallow us whole
AP: 2nd place 2023, Honorable Mention 2023
Posted on April 22, 2023
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