Peace in a World of Shouting

It's a brief poem about silence written two years ago.

Silence
Something we want
Yet something we fear.

Silence
The absence of sound.
Something we look for
But shun when it's found.

The absence of sound
But a sound in itself.

To be alone
To face what is inside.
Something each of us seeks
But each of us fears.
Silence.



"In the silence of the heart God speaks.
If you face God in prayer and silence, God will speak to you.
Then you will know that you are nothing.
It is only when you realize your nothingness, your emptiness, that God can fill you with Himself."
                             -Mother Teresa