The opposite of silence
is not sound,
it is noise,
the incessant
jingle jangle
chatter clatter
mutter clutter
we use to chase fear
back to the border.
Silence is the sound
NOTHING
makes,
gathering all
reverberations
into
a stillness
that lets,
permits
allows
arising
out of/into
n-o-t-h-i-n-g.
2014