Jessica Ingold

Quiet Jessica Ingold

"You don't say much, do you?""Speak up.""You're so quiet, I almost didn't see you."These comments, like the universe, are endless. In a world where the only things more numerous than the stars are the empty words exchanged between strangers, a moment of silence, like the breath before "I love you", can feel all-consuming. So, too, can the infinite echo of a final goodbye. Quiet is an attempt to navigate society's complicated relationship with its most familiar sound: the inexhaustible beating of a human heart. The poems contained in this collection are the sheet music for a solo performance. Every flutter, crack, and scream tells a story-twenty-two of them, to be exact. So, if you're ready to confront the darker side of love-and the brighter side of loss-open the cover, breathe deeply, and listen.