Pain of Silence

Silence
Words flung
all toward me
while I wait
in
Silence

Stop talking
Nobody wants your opinion
Who asked you
You're not listening
You never pay attention to me
I can't handle all your problems
You're just bringing me down

Why don't you ever talk?

Sit still
Stop doing that
Don't slouch
You can't sit like that
You look funny when you do that
What are you doing
You look ridiculous

Why are you so self-conscious?

Don't touch me
You're hurting me
You're in my space
People will see
Get off of me
Well that was awkward
You're too close

Why don't you ever touch people?

You shouldn't be eating that
You should lose a few pounds
You're too big
You've got quite the gut
Why don't you diet
I think you need a bigger size
Are you sure that's going to fit

Why aren't you eating?

Way to go
It's all your fault
Wow you're stupid
Do you like me yelling at you
You must like the attention
Otherwise you wouldn't do stupid things
I can't believe you would do that

Why do you feel like a failure?

Silence
Wait for the words to stop
Wait for the chance
to get away
to get alone

Silence
Every tongue held back
Every word becomes
a shed tear
and
a new wound
as the silence is filled by
the sound of the blade

Until all that is left
is the
Pain of Silence

{Prompt: Pain of Silence}
Copyright: July 16, 2013