SILENCE
WRITTEN BY
JEFF R HILTON
2023
THE GIFT OF SILENCE
NEVER STOPS GIVING
I FIND IT EVERYWHERE I LOOK
RIGHT THERE AN OPEN BOOK
COME AND TAKE A LOOK
THE LAKES ARE BLUE
FEEDING RIVERS OF GREEN
SKIES OF PATCHY SUN
ALL THAT WATER ON THE RUN
A SILENCE RANG OUT
INSIDE THE RAIN
ALL MY THOUGHTS WERE STIRRED
POURED OUT INTO A DRAIN
NO ONE WAS THERE TO HEAR
TO BE A FRIEND
IT HITS HOME
I KNOW ITS TRUE
I'M TRULY ON MY OWN
ALL THIS SILENCE THIS SOLITUDE
STICKS TO ME LIKE GLUE
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE YOU
STILL EXIST
KEEP ME WHOLE I INSIST
HIGH AND DRY
FROM WATER ON THE RUN
I'M SURE IT WON'T BE LONG
BEFORE THE SKIES ARE CLEAR
CASTING US INTO
RELENTLESS SUN
GROUND ME WHERE I STAND
SO I CAN LAND NEXT TO YOU
WHEN THIS ALL ENDS
THE SILENCE IS CRUSHING
BUT ITS LEFT UNSAID
I'D HATE TO TEMPT A FATE
OF LESSER EVILS
THAN THE ONE THAT'S
STRAIGHT AHEAD
