Thank You for the Silence

When the room is quiet
I hear everything
the rumbling of my heart
the scraping of my skin
the simplicity of each breath
and the silence brings me a new picture
vibrating color and I hear a story
in my body and in the room around me
the scampering of time
the cackling of empty space
the screaming of straight ridge lines
and the silence brings me a new place
flickering traffic of my senses and I hear a story
in my body and the room around me
the humming of my thoughts
the gasping of my emotions
the stomping of my imagination
and in the silence brings me a new identity
trembling outlines falling down expectations and I hear a story
in my body and the room around me