Silence- Five Minute Friday

This week's prompt surprised me. It is gift we rarely find in our culture of constant noise.  I hope all are encouraged to work harder to find the time to cherish this gift. We all need it.

silence........

the absence of sound

hard to find

perhaps in the wee hours of the night

or before dawn

something somewhere is always buzzing, 

humming, zooming, ticking

my thoughts can be so loud sometimes

they'll swirl inside my head like glitter in a jar

I can't always get them to settle, but when I do

ah! the energy settles, the silence seeps in

peace can come

if only I could silence more in my head

deadlines, schedules, hurts, and ho hums

dump, settle in silence

sift through the nuggets worth keeping

away with the nonsense

gift of silence, secure, surround 

STOP

1 Kings 19:12-13 "And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" (NIV)

To see how others are finding silence check out www.fiveminutefriday.com

To help you unplug more check out Pico Iyer's book and a Ted Talk on, "The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere"

https://www.ted.com/talks/pico_iyer_the_art_of_stillness