A Time For Silence Poem by RIC BASTASA

today
is my time for silence
a time
for being closed
as a door

no ill wind
comes
no word
arrives

bringing some
news of doom
some pieces
of information

that destroy
rather than
construct

that subtract
rather than add
something
beautiful and
worthy of my
quest for life

today is my time
for silence
to be left alone
so i may gain

strength
peace

so i may know
myself more
and learn to live
with the
unknown