The silence is killing me

I’m surrounded by slim chances

barely hanging on to possibilities

that may never be

The silence is killing me

leaving me to my vices,

my lies and self-contempt

I’ve never been who I want to be.

The silence keeps killing me

reminding me of the circles

that I have to and will run.

I’m stuck in my own sins.

The silence kills me

and there’s only one way out

or maybe two

but the latter is just a pipe dream

The silence will kill me

but I keep staring back at it

mouth less and drowning

in this melancholic stream.

                                                                                                                                        - Tobi Nifesi