I ended up having a lot of fun with this prompt. I think it could use some editing but who knows if I ever will do that. I guess spoilers for A Quiet Place 2
A Quiet Place
Soft steps in sand
We keep our voices down
Each sound is too much
Even a whisper would be screaming
A broken branch and we run
A bad step and screaming
Breaking through the quiet
We get the static ready
To bring back our quiet
The screaming stops finally
Hidden in a chamber
That keeps the noise in
We can speak
Scream
Cry
We split
Some staying in the chamber
Some trying to find better
Still the quiet is here
Still we need to keep it
We find it the safe place
We find noise in the open
No need for whispers
No need to quiet screams
We are safe
The final line says it all – it is scary being in unsafe situations and this poem shares how ‘quiet’ is the only way to be safe, yet the violence doesn’t allow for quiet or peace or calm – quiet comes only when they are finally free… a difficult topic but one that needs poetry to open up the conversation.
Thank you! I wrote this about the movie A Quiet Place but it can speak to that subject as well.