It can be eerie

It can be peaceful

It can be melancholy

It can be reflective

It can be awkward

It can be powerful

But most of all

It can be still

A dark place where the only sound is your own heartbeat and silent shadows seem to jump out at you

A moment of respite after a long day of interacting with people when you can deliberately bask in the hush and clear your mind

A sense of aloneness in a space devoid of sound that leaves you craving interaction and wishing for better relationships and meaningful connections

A state of deep thought in which you fill the empty wavelengths with a flurry of loud overwhelming thoughts

A tense moment with someone you’ve only just met or with a fading friend with whom you have little to say

A beautiful way to fight back when someone expects you to be enraged

An undisturbed realm of tranquility that comes after life

A weary mind that yearns for sleep and lacks movement

An empty stage

A closed restaurant

An idle sports field

A place between sleeping and waking

A feeling between giving and taking

An inability to speak up, or worse, an indifference

A meagerness of feeling unvalued and unimportant

A clarity of mind

A place we all want to find

A power that makes words all the more meaningful

A thing before the beginning and after the end

An essence of existence outside time and space

That’s what you’ll find in a silent place