Silence Beloved Silence
I long for silent moments and couldn’t live without
I love those memories of you enchanted mountains protecting lakes flowers and silence
I love those memories of tortuous paths into the forest craving mushrooms enjoying echoes only us
Oh, what a marvellous time spent in libraries bookstores remote places all by myself in silence!
Where can I find you now beloved silence? Amidst nature Closed in one room Far away into the sea Inside myself
I know, I know I can find you, but how I long for those memories!
Silence is something I’ve always appreciated.
When I was in high-school, and university, I was more productive with silence around me. Even if I learned how to isolate my attention and my mind from the outside noise. Silence was surely a great ally to concentration.
Whenever I got home from a busy day of work, a quiet night was enough to corroborate me, and let me find full energy again. I couldn’t renounce to silence to keep my balance.
Through meditation I’m able to connect to an inner state of calmness, and whatever condition is present, I connect to my inner silence.
Nevertheless, those lost time of me in the mountains, and in the forest, and those quiet librararies….surrounded by that type of silence which is a presence in itself. It all represent a unique experience I revisit with a sweet sense of fulfillment. Maybe it’s the best part of my adolescence, which I start valorising now.
Thank you, Sahil Patel, for your inspiring prompt in Lifeline in the first week of September.