After Silence

For too long theyve whispered
troubled echoes in the dark
speaking of what had passed
and what was to be

for too long i listened
dwelling on their disembodied words
gnawing for what seemed like an eternity
slowly etching its way inside

like a demon spreading its tentacles
clawing at the deepest roots of my mind
creating a veil of mist and lies
that stretched beyond mind, space and time

too long
i have heeded
too long
i have waited

now tearing away at the seams
of these self-imprisoning chains
such is the evil of unending nothingness
breeding unyielding violence

but
after silence comes the storm of revolution
after silence comes the voice of defiance
after silence comes the flames of the cleansing

and
out of its ashes
arises the whispers of the silence before!