Silence

There is beauty in the silence
but now the silence overwhelms
hurting my head with its emptiness

It feels like I'm living
in the vacuum of space
total isolation
and silence all around

I'm trapped in this void
of nothingness
and though I try to scream
I try in vain
and my vocal cords snap
under the pressure of the silence

Where there once was 
music and laughter
there is the beating
of my heart in my ear
and a high pitched ringing
that just won't go away
because my mind is trying
to fill the emptiness
with something
anything