To be of the Wilderness
It was by unfortunate cirumstances that I loved the silence.
In its glory, I was allianced.
I loved writiting of nonsensical things,
to block out the inevitable rumors and screams.
Word after word, day after day,
until, at last, the silence came.
With the silence protruded a still,
and all the loud noise was suddenly killed.
As if I was deaf, though hardly the case,
the world around me became a quieter place.
I learned to listen only when asked,
and limit the drama and talk of the past.
Of course this decision came with sacrifice,
no longer was I a "friend" on any set price.
Poems and words replaced the dead,
and a life of soliloquy I soon had lead.
It wasn't disheartening in the slightest,
it was the peak of my youth and quickly the brightest.
I didn't need people to cry or lie to,
I learned how to cope without the slightest miscue.
I loved the company of silence, and treated it with care,
while pondering all along why I was in such dispare.
Once, long ago, I dreaded not knowing
how I could blend in with the life of easy going.
To try and be popular was almost a sickness,
but now I know I am one with the wilderness.
I have family and stories to show me a bright side,
but the silence of words has me proccupied.
If I could live with one thing only,
it would be the silence of being a lonely.