Silence

Like glass that encased a room,

Hard

Cold

Clear

Like glass it can be broken.

Silence

Like a flower, blooms.

It looms

Bathes

Grows

Like a flower, it can be picked.

Silence

Like metal it is golden.

Rare

Sought

Held in,

Like metal it can form a shield.

Silence

In my mind 

Tight

Intentional

Real

Violence-ceasing silence like the quiet that heals

My tarnished semblance 

Of a self.