When her world goes silent...

There comes a point in a woman’s life when her world goes silent.

It can happen in her 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, or 60s… there’s no right time for it. When it happens, it just happens.

It usually comes after she’s loudly sobbed, gasping for air, wondering what could possibly be wrong with her.

It can happen when she’s sitting across from a man she loves so deeply… a man who has broken her past the point of return.

Tears suddenly turn into silence.

The sparkle in her eyes fades.

Make no mistake, up until this moment she’s reinvented herself more times than she can count. She’s done all the things society told her would make her whole. She’s done her hair, her makeup, lost weight, gained weight… maybe even had procedures. All in an effort to quiet the ache in her soul.

She’s tried hypnosis, yoga, therapy. She’s made friends, lost friends.

But deep down, none of it worked.

Then one day, she’ll be sitting in her chair, the world as loud as ever… and suddenly…

Shhh.

The world goes silent.

It’s the exact moment a woman realizes she’s given everything to a world that never gave a damn about her.

She’s given her best years, her best moments, to an image a man-made world created… only to realize it was all a sick joke.

She gave her heart and soul to a boy who simply moved on.

Maybe she gave her entire life as a mother, and got nothing in return.

She gave up her hopes and dreams to be what was expected of her.

Make no mistake… you might say, “That will never happen to me.”

But it will.

It just isn’t your moment yet.

When the mother of two, three, or four realizes she’s been living a lie, she too will go silent.

When the woman who loved deeply realizes the man she cared for was nothing more than a hologram, she too will go silent.

The thing about when a woman’s world goes silent is that she becomes the most dangerous kind of creature.

She will never move the same.
She will never smile the same.
Her once starry eyes will now hold a darkness that sends chills down spines.

Vengeance is hers, and she won’t even have to say it.

There is no foolproof way to tell when a woman’s world has gone silent.

You might see it in her eyes. Or perhaps… in her silence.

Because her silence is dangerous.
It is sacred.
It is the birth of something untouchable.

When a woman’s world goes silent, she is reborn into a realm no man can ever reach.

She is your greatest threat.

Move accordingly.
There will be no signs.
No warnings.

Only… silence.

For those who listen between the lines.
Elaine Degro