Ceol

/Kee-yol/

Noun

1. The way your friend’s laughter bounces off the walls in your dorm’s lobby at 2:30 in the morning. Imitations of donkeys and horses echo making it sound like you’re inside a barn somewhere in the countryside. You manage to pull yourselves together enough to only wheeze out hushed giggles because you don’t want to wake the RD. The quiet settles in for a few moments before the donkeys and horses return and you’re surrounded by walls of noise and tired texts from the residents you awoke.

2. Your dog barks at the loudest and highest pitch possible. Your ears start to hurt and the glasses in the cabinets start to crack, but you don’t dare to tell her to stop. Tail wagging, tongue licking, she’s just so excited you’re home after being away at school for so long. All you can do is sit there on the kitchen floor as she jumps and wiggles in your arms, her barks vibrating your core.

3. The sound of slamming doors and heavy objects hitting the wall resonates deep within your skull. You see nothing but red as your throat drips internal rubies from yelling for so long. As you grasp the wall, you can feel your energy seeping into it, sealing this moment of cymbal crashes and bass drums being ripped apart into the concrete and drywall forever. Laying on the floor, your salty tears burn against the rubies in your throat, but you are finally still enough to hear the symphony of silence and find some peace within its melody.