RavenstrikeX - What Silence Costs

You never know
What's silent, no—
Until the voice you need is lost.
A crowded hall, an empty chair,
A hundred faces, no one there.
If fear has closed around your name,
Call through the dark,
Call through the pain,
I will not leave your voice unheard.
I will come running on one word.
I used to praise the quiet halls—
No questions, no demands at all.
I ate alone and called it peace,
I swore a man should need the least.
Then one familiar voice was gone,
The fire burned, the dark stayed long.
I held my cup and understood:
A man needs more than stone and wood.
I never knew how fear could speak
Until no answer came to me.
It said: *no one has seen you go—*
*they shut the door, they do not know.*
You try to choose which way to move,
But every path feels made to lose.
Then one small hope outlives the fear:
Someone may still be drawing near.
You never know what silence costs
Until the voice you need is lost.
A crowded hall, an empty chair,
A hundred faces, no one there.
If fear has closed around your name,
Call through the dark,
Call through the pain,
I will not leave your voice unheard.
I will come running on one word.
I thought a warrior never grieves—
He shuts his mouth, he never pleads.
But grief ignored each rule I made,
It lit a torch inside my head.
I walked the hall, I called them all—
No one slept for what might fall.
A Viking does not hide the ache;
He turns it into steps he takes.
I thought you knew without a word
How much your laughter changed my world.
I saved the truth for some safe day,
As if no one could walk away.
Now every sentence left unsaid
Comes back whenever silence spreads.
So tell them while they still can hear:
The world means more because you're here.
If the trail is gone—
We cut one through.
If my voice breaks—
I listen for you.
If your says stop—
We walk straight on.
If hope feels dead—
I carry it on.
We cross the river, climb the stone—
No one we love will face it on.
No god can speak the words we own.
I need you here—
Don't let me go.
Now I know—
I know.
Don't let me go.
Now I know.
Now I know what silence costs.
I know the fear of being lost.
A crowd it all means nothing still
Without the one who wield it well.
If fear has closed around your name—
Call through the dark,
Call through the pain.
No one I love will go unheard.
I will come running on one breath.
Hold them here—hold while you can.
Care is the strength that makes us stand.
The white king stands because he stands—
He stands because he's not alone.
Mama, I'm coming to you.
Rula!
Mama.
Rula, my girl, you're safe.
I love you.
We searched the whole forest.
It's a miracle.
Thank you.