SILENT WORLD

Silence

The silence is deafening

As if the world is no more

No birds chirping

No car engines idling

Not even the sound of children playing

There is stillness surrounding me

Uneasy and thick

As if it’s a living breathing presence

The only thing left

Stagnant World

Not even a breeze

To kick the dust up around me

The air is stagnant and odd

Something is gone

The smell of life

Has disappeared

No more robust smells of roses

No more smells of coming rain

The sky is empty

Not even a cloud

Empty Streets

A creeping dread fills me

As I walk through the empty streets

Cars lay empty, void of life

I pause and look into the shop fronts

But nothing looks back

Just an inanimate mannequin

That has no life

That has no purpose now but to rot

Dead Air

The phones are dead

Not even a dial tone

The whispers of past voices

Are slowly forgotten

I can’t even remember what words sound like any more

I open my mouth

An uncomfortable silence

But nothing comes out

Emptiness

I cross the vast lands

Of this once vibrant earth

But all is the same

Not a living soul can be found

The remnants of this mechanical world

Rotting and rusting away along the roadside

In the fields tractors are left abandoned

The grass growing high

Cocooning them in vegetation

As the world returns to how it once was before man took hold

Silent World

Standing at the cross roads on these desolate back roads

I collapse to my knees

The tears streaming

They taste of nothing

As they roll across my lips

I stare at the heavens and scream

But alas nothing

Not even a whimper

Not even a cry

I’m alone in this silent world

Reviews

[Callarman]

Interesting, what was the inspiration for this scenery?

[Sukriti Suki]

Amazing....I really liked the format of this one. And although I find it hard to read long pieces, this piece is so interesting I wanted more of it. I like the simple approach to showing such emptiness it actually connected deep inside me. Wonderful work.