Silence

The silence was deafening; all I could hear was silence. I could see people mouths moving, saw them passing words but not one sound reached my ears. It had all been so sudden, I could hear everything, then nothing. I could tell this was not a matter for the doctors, not anything wrong with my ears. I don’t know how but I could tell, this was something deeper, something to do with thoughts and feelings. Mental not physical, what was happening. All I had said since I have arrived was “hi!” and “hello!” and received the same in reply. Except…