It hangs in the air,
Over watchful eyes,
A silence falls heavy,
Mouths gape in surprise.
Far in the distance,
A pin-drop is heard,
But nobody, nobody,
Pronounces a word.
Gazes pierce through it,
Like needles of pain,
The silence, icy,
Like a downpour of rain.
It wants to hide,
Or run away,
But it cannot move,
For it’s on display.
Please, bear me this
Agonizing session,
I didn’t mean for this to happen;
…It was only a
Question.
