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Waiting in Silence

by Saint Chuck

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It reigned an absolute silence over the land. A stifling silence, the kind that seemed to envelope everything with its pressing weight. No one, no thing dared to make a sound for fear it would conclude in grave consequences. It seemed unnatural to break this silence, though the silence itself was unnatural.
The people were waiting. They knew it was coming, but they did not know when.
They day it did come, a veil of oppressing mist came to rest upon everything like a heavy down blanket. The noise started slowly, first a distant rumbling, growing ever closer. The buildings shook as the silence was finally broken by the screeching of the train’s heavy breaks. The train came to a stop at the station, looming with its promise of dark news from the people within. The silence was over, but what was to come would by far surpass the dreadful wait.

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  1. Waiting in Silence

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 3 months ago

    hey I think you left out a word here: “The buildings as the silence was finally broken by..”

    And this was a very ominous piece! I was thinking the returnees were soldiers from a distant war. :)

  2. Waiting in Silence

    Saint Chuck's Buddy Icon Saint Chuck

    Posted 3 months ago

    Noted and edited, thanks. :]

  3. Waiting in Silence

    Saint Chuck's Buddy Icon Saint Chuck

    Posted 3 months ago

    Noted and edited, thanks. :]

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    Laine the Grey's Buddy Icon Laine the Grey

    Posted 3 months ago

    I was also given the image of war, but I imagined civilians fleeing a war zone.

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