Laugh of Silence

I walked around the corner
where the light in my room shone
upon any wall that laughed with light
and every shadow crying along side of it

That shadow warned me,
and turned into a cold shiver
that ran down my spine
My ears rang in endless screams,
and all I found behind me
was the Laugh of silence.

I cried and shrieked at the presence of nothing
every time I looked back I expected something
my breath was the drum
and only sound
then how come air was all when I turned around?

I paced in my hall to ease the air
my footsteps were distant; someone else’s, I hear
I stopped and heard that rhythm again
the same one that followed my footsteps

I started breathing at that same rhythmic pace
only to have found my sweat drops within a race,
down my cheek and on to the floor.
they sizzled as I panicked and shut the door

the screams came back now even louder than before
and the footsteps took charge in the face of war
all silenced in my ears
and I dared to look back.
I wanted to know
and only feared,
to find the laugh of silence.