Ironically, after
some significant
time of dreading being in the empty
house following
her tragic, sudden
death,
he actually embraced the house of
silence
as it was transformed
from space of utter loneliness to
some semblance of solitude.
It became
something of a sanctuary
wherein he could feel
safe.
It was his cocoon,
from which one day
unbeknownst to
himself
he would emerge
and fly.