The Death of Silence

The silence died quietly
It knew no other way
To fold itself into the origami of things that once were

Muffled cries that give no indication of what's to come

Our cells remember
A time before
Before cars
Before trains and planes
Before electric things
Their constant hum
The inescapable background noise of our era

Constant
Disruptive
Displacing
Replacing

Replacing the silence of wind in the trees
Replacing the silence of crickets
Replacing the silence of birds

It fades

For better
For worse
The quiet
Has gone