In Tune With Silence

I once could enjoy the songs of the ocean The beautiful sounds of nature Moving across the blue waters But now i can only enjoy the breeze That moves on my skin by the shore I once could listen to the angry traffic At the hooting and cursing in busy streets Or the market seller competing at their prices But now i can only watch as they throw hands in the air And watch how they make faces at each other I once could hear the clarion call of the kadhi Calling out to worshipers to go to the mosque Or could hear as the drummers went by during weddings But now i can only smell the many scents in the air Of udhu or the swahili cuisines on the fire I once could listen to music And let the song take me off my feet And dance the young night away But now i feel the beats from where i sit And feel the rhythms echoing from my heart Some days i miss feeling all that But this days i enjoy the new way, I had given up on ever feeling the excitement While all it took was for me to listen closer Cause it lives with me in my heart The PO£T