How to Mend a Silence (In Case of Collapse)

1. Hold your breath.

    The walls don’t know

    they’re cracking.

2. Unfurl your fists 

    into water. Let it seep 

    through the gaps.

3. Slowly count to ten, open 

    your pores wide 

    to breathe the dark.

4. Sweep up the shattered 

    syllables into the 

    furthest corner. Cover up 

    with your sadness.

5. Enter through silence,

    so you may be

    alone together.

6. But leave the door ajar 

    to let the scent of rain 

    drift in, so silence 

    won’t be left alone.

    We are collapsing all the time, 

    and we don't even know it.