Silence should not even have a word,
silence should be at most
a glance
or as the process of
growing baby teeth and wisdom teeth

spells from nothing to something
with just a morsel of red, wine-y blood.

There are more letters
in “silence” than there are in my name
and there are more letters
in “silence” than in your name, too

silence is more valid than you,
than me, than us
but silence does not exist

silence should not even have a word
because it cannot be touched.