SILENCE AND TALKING

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts

You cannot stand the solitude of your heart, so you speak out

Indeed, you talk from fear of being alone,

Sound becomes a diversion and a pass-time

The silence of aloneness reveals your naked self, so you seek escape

You talk without knowledge revealing truth you do not understand

When you meet a friend let spirit guide your lips and direct speech

Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear;

His soul will know the truth from your heart

Like the taste of wine remembered,

When the color is forgotten and the vessel is no more

ROTMS

(Inspired by Kahlil Gibran)