!PLEASE!_SHHHHHH!!!!

!PLEASE!
!STOP!
!LISTEN!
IF YOU DARE
THIS QUIET IS MOST DEAFENING
AN EMPTINESS THAT ENCOMPASSES MY BEING
ALONE AND LONELY, YOU SAY
AND IT ECHOS OVER AND OVER AND OVER
ONLY TO RETURN EACH TIME
LOUDER THAN THE FIRST
YESTERDAY HAD MUCH LAUGHTER
?WILL IT RETURN TOMORROW?
?OR EVEN THE NEXT DAY?
?OR HAS THIS BEEN RESIGNED TO NEVER?
SEEMS SO BLEAK AND DISMAL
NO COLORS TO ENTICE OR TO DANCE AROUND
ONLY A MERE OUTLINE AT BEST
ALWAYS FADING AS THE AGE INTO NOTHINGNESS
THIS CANVAS OF LIFE SO PRISTINE
AND BRILLIANT COLORS AND SHAPES
AS THAT OF A KALEIDOSCOPE
ONLY TO PROVE TO BE DUSTY AND WARN OVER TIME
NOT EVEN CLOSE THE THE ARTISTS IDEA
OR EVEN A SECONDED GUESSED RENDITION
A MELODIOUS TUNE IT WAS
IN PERFECT HARMONY
NOW THIS MUSIC OF THE HEART IS SILENT
AND EXPLOSIVELY HARMFUL
?HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
?WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?
?WHY DID THIS HAPPEN?
?WAS IT ME?
?YOU?
?NOTHINGNESS AT ALL?
SHHHHHHH!!!!
NO MORE CAN I TAKE IN THIS EXPLODING SOUND.