Quiet

Noise 

Constant 

Roaring 

Everywhere 

Invading our minds 

Consuming our lives 

Loud angry people 

Competing for attention 

Surrounded and encompassed 

We are drowning in this noise 

As it pervades and permeates 

Even to our innermost core 

We have raised a generation 

Fearful of the sound of silence 

Something dreadful is hiding in it 

They keep it at bay with constant sound 

Music noise 

Audiobook noise 

Streaming video noise

Podcast noise 

We even have noise cancelling noise 

Keeping the distressing silence at bay 

Yet, it is in this fearsome silence

The heart hears the rhythm of truth

The mind knows the beating of peace

The souls feels the waves of tranquility 

It is in the quiet 

Life tells her richest stories 

The heart reveals its highest joy 

And shares its deepest sorrows 

Challenges are in the quiet 

Mediocrity is in the noise 

Quiet is velvety smooth 

Noise is jaggedly cutting 

I suppose, for some 

Yes, there is fear in the quiet 

The sounds of their madness 

No longer covered or disguised 

However, grace lives in the quiet 

A moment to change everything 

To unknow things of the past 

And to learn all things anew 

If you are quiet 

You will hear the secrets of the wind 

You will learn the secrets of mountains 

You will know the secrets of time 

If you are very quiet 

You can hear the sea’s secrets

Of tranquility and rage 

Of shallow and depth

If you are quiet 

Quiet

© Ron Simpson Jr. 

August 6, 2021