the silence of the void

there's a special kind of silence
a kind that seeps in through every breath
and settles in that hollow place deep inside
it's the silence of the void
the silence of lying awake after everyone else sleeps
the peculiar silence a heartbeat has
an uncomfortable numbness, a passion
locked from the world
and that silence
when you listen for the key
and o god i know that there are people out there who can reach me
who can reach inside touch that void
people who can pull me out of the dark
together the darkness doesn't matter
but we're not
together
and the darkness
does matter
because we're living in it
and it's hard to see the voids out in the darkness
we dress up with christmas lights
it's still black inside
that's the silence i'm hearing
when no one can touch you
when there's no one to touch you
because you can't reach out
and touch them