Silence is not empty or immaterial, and it is not needed to chain tame things. It often guards powers strong enough to shatter everything.

She shook her head, and closed her eyes. I felt her weariness then, and with it, my own. I felt it dark and heavy upon me, darker and heavier than any drug they ever gave...

I clench my fists and try not to scream and I tuck my friends in my heart andrevengeI think has never looked so sweet.

It takes years to build on to a dream but only a second to shatter.