Silence

And then you wake up one morning and it’s quiet

A deafening silence

You look around you and physically nothing has changed

Nothing has moved or been taken away

But it’s still silent,

And then you wake up one morning and it’s quiet

An empty silence

Everything is still in place, but there is an emptiness

like something is missing, but nothing is

But still it’s silent

And then you realize what has changed

And then you realize what is missing

The sound of wings fluttering is gone

The butterflies and all the other winged wonders have left

And that’s why there is silence, that’s why it’s quiet