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Nothing That Still Exists

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Silence is an absence.
     Silence is profound.
          Silence is a conversation
               being had without sound.
 
Silence is an expression
     One that cannot be heard.
          Silence cannot be spoken
               Although it is a word.

Silence is a presence 
     of great nothingness.
          Silence can be something
               And yet cease to exist.

Silence can fill a room
     and have no mass at all.
          Silence cannot be dropped
               Yet it can fall.

Silence is a mystery
     that will forever go unsolved.
          Silence is how every sound
               can swiftly be dissolved.

Silence is the sound of rest,
      the only sound that can sound best.

While other sounds can cause great pain,
     silence is not the sound to blame. 

Silence is what silence is—
     something that is nothing,
          nothing that still exists.

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