Shayan Afzal

Intro:
Gravity of Silence delves into the weight of quiet moments where only silence remains. This poem reflects on solitude, introspection, and how silence pulls us closer to our true selves, making it both a presence and a force.

Poem:
in the quiet, I am whole
and weightless;

each silence, a stone,
a breath not given,

i sink beneath all the noise,
my name a whisper, undone, unseen,

where all that remains
is stillness, held like sky