sound of silence is nothing but chaotic.
you can hear your heartbeat in your ears,
you can hear your drink gulping down your throat,
you can hear your mind talk to you about a 100 things, all at once

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Start
FEELING
beautiful,

You'll stop
LOOKING
ugly.

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I feel my face going white,
my palms feeling numb,
and chills go down my spine each time you mess with my personal space.

It takes me back to the time when you invaded my "personal space " over and over again.

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my character traits.

We both feel the need to slip into covers for protecting ourselves from external harm.

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let's just keep pretending that we don't exist during the day
and be the companions of the dark forever.

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Either the sky is cloudy
or my eyes are rainy...

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My words can scream without a noise,

My sentences can trail like my tears want to

As my paragraphs narrate everything I have concealed.

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She was never not at work.
She cleaned.
She swept.
She cooked.
She washed.
She took care of her husband.
She raised their children.
All of it at the same time.
Her job was thankless but people turned a BLIND eye towards it as they judged caliber by monetary returns over efforts taken.

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I would live without it if I could

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DREAMS FOR MY OLD AGE.

As I sit on the bed and
cough as I recite all I'd lived,

At the age of wrinkles,
greys and toothless smiles,

With family beside me
and listeners around,

I'd want my LIFE
to be someone's LEARNING.

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