THE SILENCE

A friend asked me what is my greatest fear. I thought for quite sometime and I told her my greatest fear is SILENCE . She was puzzled and had no inkling as to why I chose to say Silence is my greatest fear. The word silence struck me . It was too deep to explain and I searched for a lighter word to explain to her why SILENCE is my greatest fear unfortunately there was little time to explain. I know she will read this and I know you all would understand at the end of this short piece, why SILENCE is and will always be my greatest fear.
I went for a friend's sisters burial who died young. It was emotional and sorrowful. As her sister wept at the grave side and called out the name of the dead in agony and pain all she heard was SILENCE from the dead. No answer no reply. It struck me again The SILENCE of the dead. The SILENCE between two lovers or couples.when there is dis-harmony in a once happy home and all you observe between them is Silence.The silence between Friends, who once laughed and talked together, suddenly they go their separate ways and all that is between them when they pass each other on the street is Silence. The silence when we are in trouble and we seek help and support from people we think would come to our aid, all we get in return from them is SILENCE. No help, no encouragement, no hopeful words just SILENCE.

The SILENCE of a baby whoose laughter once filled the house with joy and cries pierced through the night, suddenly quiet and can no longer cry nor laugh. The Silence when we think God is silent in our life , things are not going our way and maybe God ain't answering our prayers.

Ohh yes I don't fear death , I don't fear illness, what I fear most is THE SILENCE.