Sylvia Plath (; October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet and author. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for The Colossus and Other Poems (1960), Ariel (1965), and The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her...
The silence depressed me. It wasn't the silence of silence. It was my own silence.
I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart. I am. I am. I am.