Dead Silence
In the city, dead silence is hard to find
In fact, it only exists as a sticky residue on the mind
You can get it in the same place
Where you'll never see the same face
And when you do, it doesn't pay to play nice
Why build connections when they melt like ice
The silence can cut through your electronics too
Devices that have replaced everyone you knew
You'll make your friends through the palm of your hand
Then watch them disappear into the falling sand
Glittering grains that land without a sound
Someday you'll find yourself buried under the mound
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Submitted on November 01, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 540 |
Words | 102 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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