the_presence_ofsilence becclebee i sit in the room there are ten workmates morning tea time but there is silence someone shifts uncomfortabley everyone looks down someones coughs any noise to break the silence but silence is like a presence in the room silence is there watching challenging someone to stand up to him a feeble attempt at commenting on the silence silence just smirks he has us all in his grip more uncomfortable shifting coughs, shuffling noises i want to laugh in the face of silence and scream "you have no power over me" instead i pick up my half drunk coffee and leave silence has won 021022 ... . . 050422 ... unhinged sitting on the threshold of another dimension quiet still i look at you without a word staring piercing i could see your foot jiggling out of the corner of my eye i want to grab you hold you love you but we haven't crossed that threshold yet so we sit quiet staring still until one of us breaks the heavy silence between us with a laugh a banal hello the presence of our silence echoing in the empty words that fill it like white noise trying to chase away what sat there between us on the couch trepidation as i hold my breath slow seconds tick fast listening to the echo of silence building all around me a chrysalis cocoon what_we_meant_to_each_other 050422 what's it to you? who go blather from