Silence Can - An Exercise in Verbs

Silence can never be misquoted.
Silence never misquotes.

Silence can never be heard.
Silence misses being heard.

Silence can be cowardice.
Silence hides from conflict.

Silence can be brave.
Silence bravely faces threat.

Silence can be hateful.
Silence hates.

Silence can be kind.
Silence loves.

Silence can be a full and complete expression of beauty.
Silence sings of beauty.

Silence can be a breath cut short.
Silence steals the singer's heart.

Silence can be alive in the living.
Silence lives now.

Silence can be an echo of death.
Silence echos death.

Silence can cure.
Silence cures.

Silence can kill.
Silence kills.

Silence can be a voice stolen.
Silence shuts up the soul.

Silence can be God's greatest gift.
Silence grants the unexpected treasure.

Silence can be vacant.
Silence vacates.

Silence can fill the spaces between tone and reverb, and rapture an entire auditorium of souls so that they move and feel as one.

Silence inspires an audience as it dances between the notes and tones of musicians and singers.

Silence is a gift for the young who do not wish it, and a wish for the old who no longer have it!
Silence changes as we age.

Silence, the monk's discipline and reverie.
Silence chastens and enlightens.

Sh, now.
Shhhhhhhh ...