Poems About Silence by Top Critiquers

just because I feel so blue
when I get a headache and sneeze
doesn't mean I will infect you
by blowing bubbles in a kiss

just because I have the flu
staying in bed under the blankets
doesn't mean I will drink the brew
that keeps me awake to fidget

just because I look unkempt
smelling like yesterday's tea
it doesn't mean I didn't  attempt
to make myself a little pretty

just because I am a good listener
and answer you with polite laughter
it doesn't mean I don't want you
to listen to me too
...

The city bleeds in neon scars,
shattered glass and burnt out cars.
Graffiti screams on broken stone,
a warning carved, but left unknown.

They march with fire, fists held tight,
a cause, a chant, a staged street fight.
Justice blurred by shattered panes,
smoke and sirens, mud and stains.

Out past the alleys, past the screams,
the world splits wide in warring teams.
Borders drawn in blood and sand,
leaders lie with shaking hands.

But I don’t march, I don’t belong,
no banner in my sight, no battle song.
I...

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An underground realm
Peaceful claustrophobia-inducing
When considered metaphorically and literally,...
It is an unreal memory...  embedded on my memory,
A storage space for computers,...  
For isolationists in the wrong place at the wrong time

Developing skills and creative sensibilities
A repository of all secrets in a kind of a human time-capsule
This site could be just 100 meters away from my house.
So somewhere out there...
There had to be an interesting room...
Where I watched *La Femme Nikita* between...

Only just a child
latchkey kid run wild
youth forever lost

Far too old when young
baby on a ladder rung
learning to climb alone

Abandoned and unprotected
reticence perfected
survival, nothing more

Building walls for preservation
dependence upon isolation
yet hardly staying safe

Harboured secrets meant to keep
now recalled in unquiet sleep
I suffer still in silence