Shhhhhh! Somebody around you might be thinking. Or creating. Or healing.
Kay Manning, 2013, Power in the Sounds of Silence
Robyn Whetstone
©2015
blurt, blast,chatter,smack,
blip,bump,ping,
crash,snort,clang,zing
clank,clunk,pop
quack,meow,plop,
Oh the noise it never stops
Everywhere I seem to go someone something making noise
The office the church the house the car
All of this noise is too much for my poise
I long for a place that takes me away
Gives me the quiet I long for today
The bedroom the bathroom
No wait I must flush
The kitchen the family room
to the TV they rush
Where can I go where the noise disappears
Where click clang and cluck are nothing I hear
Where silence reigns
and peace is the main
Where calm is the purpose
from the deep to the surface
My world is so full of the noises that pull
In every direction my brain feels too full
Oh where are the places away from the riot
the places that leave me with nothing but
QUIET
an Original Poem by
Robyn Whetstone
©2015