DumbStruck

The pain was excruciating

I felt my pharynx stifling

The tonsils felt like large bells 

The pain looked like it would never quell

I realized that this was sickness in passing

Applied for leave with a feeling foreboding

Not being able to speak

Could really get any woman weak

However. inspired by Stephen Hawking

I ruminated on philosophy and theory of String

Cyberslacked and checked random facebook profiles

Liked every possible meme mentioned in the digital file

Gazed through the online seas of  fashion style

Surfing WebMD on my illness once in a while

Tried to watch a couple of  movies,series on the go 

Only to discover whatsapp notification had broken the flow

Leisure it was listening to classical vocals croon

Drug overdose and slumber left me to swoon

Husband's happiness hid behind the light

Of course speech deprived wife is every married man's delight

Advice came from everywhere galore

Gargle, home remedies and even neck contraptions were sure

In these moments of silence,

as I faced my inner resilience

I realised how nagging yet crucial our voice is

Which so often makes others' p!$$

When in excess speech is an abscess

And similar is an extension of silence; a stress

If we were to learn how to attain equanimity

Speech would hardly be a measure of felicity

In this day and age when everyone wants a sound byte 

How can  Thomas Carlyle be believed to be right

"Silence moulds great lives" he had said

He should be asked to sit and watch TV news instead

Gone are the days where thinkers thought 

Today is the day where action and brashness is bought

Dear Almighty(if thou really art there)

I have reflected enough and took requisite care

"Speech might be silver and Silence golden"

I want the cheaper of the two as my purse strings embolden

If I could only pass this spell of silence on somebody

No I would not do that to my  one and only hubby 

It would be the roaring miscreant of the Television 

Arnab is his name  and Timesnow is his harrowing creation