Silence

I sense an emptiness around me
It echoes the emptiness I feel inside
One that I have been ignoring
Persistently
Steadfastly

In the silence that surrounds me
My thoughts pour in
Filling the spaces
The nooks and crannies
Of my being
Unbidden
Strong
Confused
Countless

Insecurities
Fears
Doubts
Memories
Fragments of poems
Checklists
Worries
Places to visit
Budgets
Pictures, photographs
Quotes, dialogues
Movies to watch
Books to read
Lines
Words

All rushing over each other
Around each other
Tumbling
Tossing
Waves crashing on the shore
Raindrops falling
Freeflowing sand through fingers

Yet
They do nothing
Mean nothing and everything

While around me
There is still
Silence