Silence (originally written 9/23/22)

 

Silence

  
  
the crashing silence    
of a falling tree
when no one's there to hear  
   
the weeping silence  
of a loved ones last breath  
   
the holy silence  
within our prayers  
   
the anticipating silence    
before a first kiss  
   
the pins and needles silence  
of basketball's flight at the buzzer  
   
can you hear the sounds of silence  
cover your ears and listen  
open your soul and hear  
   
Without silence  
dividing notes of music
music would just be noise
 
We think silence
is the pause within music
 
but what if  
the notes of music    
are the pauses within silence