The sounds of the night
never cease to
fascinate
The murmur of the fridge
before the sudden
shuddering
a prelude to
silence
What sounds like a giant frog
gulping air, I
presume, is
expansion &
compression of pipes.
Occasionally, the acceleration
of a car or larger
vehicle
making its way to
who knows where
As I listen now
there is a hum
Is it the earth rotating
on its axis, or
just
the accumulation
of varying noises
coalescing from
the suburbs?
Beyond the sounds
there is a
stillness
waiting to be heard
Will my mind release
the competing
thoughts
so silence may
descend?
And when it does,
can I sit in
stillness
or will the sounds
of my life
infiltrate
again?
© Peter Bean
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