The Sound of Silence

They were happy, enjoying
But they were actually lying
In their heart
They were all crying…
They were silent in their conversation
They were talking without speaking
They were hearing without listening
No one dared to disturb
The sound of silence.
But something was being lost
in the current silence…
That no ear can hear,
That no tongue can tell…
The loss of peace, that no one can spell.
They lived with the war of ideas
They fought without being hurt
They died without being killed
They made the world more disastrous than hell
But were unable to express
The torture of that inward hell.
From inside
They were all scared
They wrote songs
That voices never shared
They were in fear, they wanted relief
They spoke with tears-the silent language of grief
Still…no one spoke a word
Coz no one dared to disturb
The Sound of Silence…


Jyoti