Maybe some people
stay silent
because they are
afraid
of what they
might actually
say.
Silence
to them is
comfort,
it is a place
where they don't
have to answer
to anyone
about anything.
So instead
they continue
to be barred
by imaginary lines
that are barricades
within their mind.
And just as
their words
are silenced
so are
their thoughts.
All that had
substance
evaporators
and they
are left
with nothing.