An Ode to Silence

An ode to Silence;

To the comfortable spaces between sentences

The necessary pauses between words

The suspenseful waits between conversations

The velvety nothingness that awaits the next syllable.

To Stillness;

To the seconds after the last note is played

And the final key struck

To the reflection after the applause

Meditation filling the vacuum of sound.

To Tranquillity;

The moment after accomplishment

And before the “what next?”

And between the what ifs.

To Quiet;

The moments after the echoes

And before the noise

Folded between soft sheets of inaudibility.