31 May 2012

Beauty in sound


An inhalation of breath.
The light rain falling on the ground.
The tone of a text message coming in.
An exhalation of breath.
The clothes dryer.
The keys on my laptop as I type.
An inhalation.
A cup being set on a desk.
A lighter.
An exhalation.
Text tone.
A woman's voice.
An inhalation. 
A mouse click.
An exhalation. 
Again.
A low rumble--thunder.
A car in the distance.
A reminder tone.
A breathy laugh.
Birds, still.
An inhalation.
An exhalation. 
Click.
Type.
Text tone.
Wind in the leaves.

The world is calm and my eyes are closed.
Sitting here, experiencing sound, focusing solely on it.
The rain picks up pace.
Different birds start to sing.
An inhalation.
An exhalation. 
A siren... ambulance? Police?
Funny how man made sounds blend with nature's noise...
Funny how it all seems to coexist as
Seamlessly as breathing in and back out.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

all over the place, yet somehow centered.

mom said...

Try to listen to the silence. It is very rare to hear.