The Shrill Man

Face to face. He fixes me with a conceited smile.
"I know I'm better than you." It says.
His mouth opens and shuts, but there are no words;
only an incomprehensible chatter, loud and shill.
My ears are burning, but he doesn't stop.
I try to run, but I am frozen in place,
His mind is holding me there, transfixed.
The decibels are climbing...higher and higher...
And then there is nothing. No sound, no shrill chatter.
The world is silent and at peace.
The smile is gone now, there is only anger and hate written on his face.
He screams at me, but I don't hear him. I hear nothing but the beautiful silence.
I will be this way forever.