i've written before
about The Silence

when my dad was dyin'
and i was tryin'
not to be cryin'
just lyin'
and liein'
with my Self

now his books read
he be dead
led wherever the dead
are led

i be by my Self
in another space
seems like outter space
it's so quiet
the silence
is deafinin'

i can hear the dog
next door
when he scratches
i can hear the cat
when she purrrrsss
i can hear the leaves fall
i can hear it all

there
in The Silence
i never heard before

i can hear the closing of a Door
i can feel the mouse
back at my old house

i can smell my mom
i can tell the aftershave
my dad had
makes me sad
for all that i had
makes me glad
for all that i had

now lost
payin' the cost
of
The Silence