silence
SILENCE
Is there even such a thing?
There is silence everywhere
yet noises seem to fill it all
as a word we know it to be
something that will bring some of us
peace
anger
fright
anxiety
happiness
It may just hold all human emotion
silence is for people who don’t take time to listen
I mean to really listen to their surroundings
because if you try hard enough
you can hear the earth spin.
Silence is never really there
even if you’re secluded high in the air
the clouds still move.
So prove to me that silence exists
because I’ve tried to hear silence
and it has been impossible so far.
I’ve gone to different places
and tried new things
but there is always the pulse of sound surrounding me
even if I sit in the middle of my floor
no one is home
electronics turned off
eyes closed…
I can still hear my pulse
I can hear my joints creak
even if I only move the slightest bit
I can hear the particles move in the sun beam
that floods my house.
So don’t try to tell me
that there is such a thing as silence
all that will tell me
is something very important about you
you can’t truly listen
and that is important to me.