Searching For the Silence

If you listen And really listen What do you hear? I hear the voices of people I hear dear. But that’s because I’m in my house When I leave, Go into the countryside And just believe I close my eyes, And listen to the silence But it’s not silence Though it sounds a lot more dense I still hear the insects flying by Not total silence Animals fighting Our natural world of violence But when I’m with you And you take my hand The world goes quiet My ears have no demand My senses are focused on touch Sight, Smell The sound just goes away Like you have performed a spell And I gaze into your eyes I see the colour of the ocean And when you let go of me The sound comes back in a whooshing motion I never want to let you go I love the silence It lets me escape the noise, It lets me escape the violence So close you’re eyes, and listen? Can you hear silence? No one can hear silence, Other wise, it wouldn’t be silence.