Poetry Series – Unified Silence

I don’t know what it means to get bored anymore. Maybe put me in isolation and the stillness, silence, will finally drive me over the edge but anything short of that is so welcome right now. I only want to live somewhere big enough that I can find a room in the house where I can’t hear anyone, no sounds of TVs, not even laughter or cries. Somewhere big enough that I can step outside without walking down three flights of steps and worrying that I have to come back up and make sure everything is okay. I just want to live with a little more silence. It’s easily one of the hardest things, for me, about sharing space with people.

Unified Silence

I wouldn’t be upset if the world fell silent
no, I don’t want some catastrophic event to knock the wind out of us
but there’s got to be something, a shift, to kill the noise
I’d give up my phone, the tv, my computer –
I won’t be able to reach you anymore but I promise
you’ll hear me in the silence and it will move you into stillness
When the sun warms your cheek know I’m sending you my love
and the ground beneath your feet, consider a stabilizing hug.
No, I wouldn’t be upset if the world fell silent –
I think it’s the only way we’re ever going to hear each other
and my god, do I want to hear you.

Much love, until next time.