An eerie sort of silence fell on me today,
an unusual silence that can’t be shaken away.
This rare visitor was the devil in disguise
and He crept under my skin,
just waiting for the right time to slither into my body
and turn my stomach upside-down.
He’s a bizarre fellow,
this one,
but He brought the clarity of reality into my life.
Like cold water raging against the senses,
He shattered me into the stony reality that I’ve been avoiding.
Like a slap to the face, He numbed my mind.
Like a million hurtful words,
He pierced my heart
and managed to slowly tear it apart.
Then I realized that time,
as well as life,
is short in this world,
and I have to step up and take action,
or else this silence,
this pain,
this void,
may consume me
whole.
Rui Su
