It’s Quiet Loud in My Head

Siddharth Murali
Loose Words
Published in
Oct 3, 2022
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Why are we embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise? — Mitch Albom

Is it but a futile attempt at
drowning out
the voices in our heads
and the yearning of our hearts,
so weighed down by truth
that it threatens to undo
the intricate stitches
cast by a willing blindness?

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Siddharth Murali
Loose Words

Research student and wanna-be writer. I write fiction, haikus, poems and occasionally, a philosophical piece.