Quiet

Having been quiet
for most of 
the last four 
years I’ve found 
a profound pleasure 
in just listening 
listening to other 
people talk and 
listening to silence 
that hangs between 
us like autumn 
leaves about to 
fall for them 
the discomfort is 
palpable but for 
me the silence 
draws us closer 
like the dusk 
draws the day
into its night