The Silence You Earn

I don’t talk like I used to do, Got no need to explain the truth. Words break softer men in half — I let the silence do the math. You get one shot to speak your name, Before the wind forgets the flame. I’ve buried love and carried dust — And neither ever asked for trust. This is the silence you earn — When you’ve watched enough bridges burn. When every promise sounds the same, And every face forgets your name. It ain’t peace, it ain’t pain — It’s just stillness in the rain. You’ll know it when it stops the hurt — That’s the silence you earn. I’ve seen the strong beg on their knees, Whisper prayers to dying trees. But I don’t beg and I don’t weep — I just ride and bury deep. This is the silence you earn — Not given, not taught, not learned. You break enough, you feel less fire — You stop mistaking ache for desire. It don’t shout, it don’t scream — It just sits between your dreams. A quiet cold you don’t unlearn — That’s the silence you earn. And I don’t miss the noise

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