music boxes

ever have one of those moments when the noises in your head stop and you suddenly realize that whatever background sounds were around you have come to a crashing halt? you become very aware of how silent your world has become. its like the music box in your brain has suddenly snapped shut and the twinkly sounds no longer float from the open windows of your mind. even the wind has hushed away the very voice of God. its like the tiny inner workings of your personal noises have met with the shock of a soldering iron. take a moment to watch the people around you, when you notice someone suddenly go into a panic expression all doe-eyed and shocked, their music box has stopped. we as humans are terrified of silence. it's a thing i can't understand. silence is devastating and crushing, louder than the noises that could make your ear drums bleed. humans are nothing but music boxes, tiny skin covered containers full of sound. but even our mechanics wind down, our songs rest themselves from time to time, so why the fear of silence? the world is more grand than the objects in it, and if humans cease their noises, why not the world itself? silence is nothing, the absence of sound. if you can't hear the world, then see it... smell something, taste something, touch something. be a living music box with eyes, lips, hands and a nose, not just a voice. besides, when everything is silent, you'd be surprised what you can really hear.