This room is filled with such a heavy silence

That the falling raindrops almost sounds like

an under-construction house

Full of angry workers

Swearing and shouting all the time.

The neighbours inside my head/

My overwhelming friends

Have meetings about the degree of silence

That can be accepted between 10 pm and 6 am

It shall be stated that no one is allowed to speak to me

After 10 pm

So that I can finally get to sleep

And they can get their own turns at speaking

To me

In public or at home.

I roll my eyes every time they have a fight

On who to speak first

As I shut up and feel my brain exploding

I’m sweating and anxiously

Look for a comfortable position to lay myself in my bed

No success

It’s 1 am and there is no sleep

Which makes it even worse

As t