The opposite of silence
is not sound,
it is noise,
the incessant

 jingle jangle

chatter clatter
mutter clutter

we use to chase fear

 back to the border.

Silence is the sound

NOTHING

makes,

 gathering all

reverberations

 into

 a stillness

 that lets,

permits

 allows

arising

out of/into

n-o-t-h-i-n-g.

2014