THE SILENCE I RUN AWAY FROM

The bells are ringing–

The choirs are singing

And suddenly,

There is silence.

The silence that sadness brings

Strangle my sense of faith

And creates room for fear.

The silence that depression brings

Kill my sense of creativity

And opens my mind to worry.

The silence that laziness brings

Make success to run away from me

At a pace I never imagined.

This quiet hours I avoid–

For when they come,

My joy dissolves.

And melts into thin air.

And so, as snow fears sunlight

So do I fear this silence–

For this silence only brings death.

Let me find silence in sleep,

I will enjoy every moment of it.

But when I am awake, I will measure

My growth that I may become better.

©Okunola Peace.