Silence Piece

And the silence made my heart think twice before making a sound. I sat there, doing nothing but thinking. Endless trains of thoughs traveled through my mind and I wondered why everyone was panicking. I knew everything would be alright, yet somehow, my brain did not. The trains kept going now, faster and faster. My mind and my heart were arguing like a married couple, back and forth, side to side, pushing and shoving until, I, the child, the innocent child who was sitting there in complete darkness, could take no more and screamed, "SHUT UP! ALL OF YOU, SHUT UP!" Within a second, a sterile silence glazed over the room and eyes, like wolves, stared at me like I was an animal, like I was the one to blame for all this madness. I don't know wwhy I yelled it, but I know it got them to hush their voices. I stared back at each and every one of them, and as our eyes met, a wall was built between us. I could only hear the incensed silence now, and I began to cry. Hot tears strolled casually down my face, onto my lips, and I could taste the ocean and I could feel burning sand under my feets and blisters forming and my hands beginning to ache, and I pleaded, "I'm sorry." And yet, no one moved and eyes were glued to my soggy face, and in this silent space of the moment I knew my life was coming to an end.