Silence 2

Listening to the silence

   is difficult

   if not impossible

Because in the silence

   of my backyard

   noises abound

The birds, the traffic

   the toilet flushing

   the neighbourly hello

All intrude into

   any silence that

   may have existed

And in the silence

   of my mind

   there is a peak hour

Of thought and ideas

   jostling for attention

   disturbing my silence

However

   I will continue

   to focus

And appreciate

   the brief pauses

   of quiet

But even in the midst

   of interruptions

   to access

The revelations

   that occur

   in the (occasional) silence

©Peter Bean