Why are you embarrassed by silence?
A gap, a pause, a break
you fill with music, or you babble
 

Is there in silence, a thing to avoid?
A fear, of things unsaid, of allowing
too much time for reflection?
 

Are there, in your heart, or mine,
emotions best left alone?
 

You struggle through the quiet,
desperate, searching for words
to avoid words or thoughts or
emotions - in your heart or mine?