FOR DEATH DROWNS THE SOUND

i looked so i saw

i heard so i listened

i ate so i tasted

but numbness hung still

a chair moved

a chair squeaked

a desk drummed

but numbness hung still

his face was withered

and white as a sheet

he spoke not

oh! numbness hung still

and he uttered

no words came out

throat damp yet parched

oh! numbness hung still

a tear fell down

soundless was the sound

that wet his cheeks

as, numbness hung still

words came through,

And broke the silent air

t’was about his father then

so, numbness hung still.

-Akanksha Gupta

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