Hush

Or… the power of silence.

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"Don't ignore silence, ‘cause it has a sound. When it starts speaking, it is louder than a thousand volcanoes." Muhammad Imran Hasan

So many times, the words we speak
Fall fruitless on unhearing ears.
Our careful phrases, rich and sleek, 
Dissolve like smoke, dispelled by fears
And preconceptions deaf ones bear -
Impris…