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Silence

Quiet
Awkward

Silent
As silent
May ever be

Everyone is
Bound
By the
Silence of the room

Trying to live
With nothing
To say

It eats us
Alive
Bit
By
Bit

Afraid
To stand
To speak
To breathe
To move

Trying
To impress
Someone
who doesn’t even
know you

You just sit
There
And itch
In your seat

Everyone
Is still in
Their own seats
Still
As if the cat
Were
Watching
Us mice

The mice
And we have
to wait
Until

I stand
They look up at me
If I have done something
Forbidden

And I walked
Out