Poem: Silence is…

Silence is…

Loud enough to hear
Inside my head… but only just
When I quiet my fears;
And the calm
That encompasses,
Envelopes, entrances
Disappears…
Even as the silence passes
And I begin
The unwelcome journey
Urgently hiding
From the sounds that filter in,
Encroaching, entrapping
Within…
Even as I close my eyes hoping
To feel
More than the tips of my tears…