Palpable quietness

Silence is all he ever knew

In secret he hid his shame

Living within a cocoon woven from fear

Extricating himself became a violent storm

Now, like a butterfly is his metamorphosis

Candor his emancipation, liberation

Ecstasy in his right to uncloseted freedom!

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Stillness...violent purple shades of shattered psyches

In colorful pieces they echo, splintered prisms of yesterday

Listen closely, as quiet whispers of broken love songs

Endless silence swirls, fingers to lips, lest it breaks the spell

Now awakens the dormant horror which lies beneath the surface

Can the monsters which lurk in heartfelt terror, still sleep

Even though a silent storm rages!

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