Ms. Quiet
Posted: April 7th, 2015, 9:43 am
Quiet is my new girlfriend
a welcome relief after the din
of someone's bottled breath
she likes to stay out of the way,
her absence of noise envelopes
me like a longed for lover's touch
she swaddles me in her peaceful nothingness,
her calm demeanor is understated
like pastel brushstrokes on the canvas of contentment
I never pace the floor in anguish
like those old days of trying to decipher
slurred speech from someone I thought I knew
and it's not that that is all I want in life
I dig my family and friends, I revel
in their laughter and symphonic voices
but when all my guests have headed homeward
Ms. Quiet and me
well....we go upstairs
a welcome relief after the din
of someone's bottled breath
she likes to stay out of the way,
her absence of noise envelopes
me like a longed for lover's touch
she swaddles me in her peaceful nothingness,
her calm demeanor is understated
like pastel brushstrokes on the canvas of contentment
I never pace the floor in anguish
like those old days of trying to decipher
slurred speech from someone I thought I knew
and it's not that that is all I want in life
I dig my family and friends, I revel
in their laughter and symphonic voices
but when all my guests have headed homeward
Ms. Quiet and me
well....we go upstairs