Silence

It is a hard art to learn,
catching quiet
by palms raised
cupped in 
air shifting location
here and there like
trying to guess the pattern of falling leaves,
and hoping to feel
the soft descent of moments
when silence slips
between sounds.


-Enuma Okoro


When I was growing up I would always have music playing in my room. When my parents would take me places, I would beg for the radio to be turned up. I still love music with every fiber of my being and think it is one of life's greatest joys but oh how silence and I are becoming much better friends.