1999 Intermission of my young days
If, within the silence,
you begin the play once more,
If, even with a fine performance,
you can no longer catch
the essential lines,
If, driven by life's anxieties,
no matter what you do,
an unwanted play is staged
within your mind,
If, to shield yourself from it,
you try to guard with noise,
increasing your friends
as a form of defense,
Even if the theater fears
the days it must close,
if you understand
that no good performance
can grace a theater
lacking true silence,
Then, even if the show pauses,
and deep silence
fails to return
within your body—
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