Silence, to allow silence in the gap between br One word and the next, the shamed br Silence of a hunched up back drinking br Coffee over there, so aware of her mutations br She resists the babble and in a bubble br Of her own space sits, trying not br To be noticed, silence of not being br Noticed, the silence of shame, my br Inner space where I am ashamed br Comes into bud and in the blackness br A violet lilly unfolds its petals, there br The noise is not heard as if a br Barrier were around the inside of my br Head seperating the brain from the mind, br For it is always quiet inside, the br Shame of deformity, the silence of shame.