On Silence

"We dance round in a ring and suppose, but the secret sits in the middle and knows."

Robert Frost

from "A Witness Tree"

Oh silence,
My biggest mistake and my ultimate protection.
How I have forsaken thee!
My solitude, my joy, my salvation.

I shall not speak, but of things that matter.
And for that matter, I shall speak with conviction or I shall not speak at all.

-me