In The Quiet (2024)
In The Quiet It's evening After work I drive home Under a beautiful sunset Sky full of orange and pink While it's still light We go for a little walk Talk about our day You go back to sleep, tired I put the breakfast you didn't eat back in the fridge I make myself a cup of tea Have some dinner of leftovers Sit on the loveseat under the blanket Open a book to read In the quiet With the two of us in opposite corners The house doesn't feel so big Every room is filled with Quietness, darkness or both I worry about you while I'm at work How you are feeling If you are eating enough or too much If you are sleeping enough or too much Yesterday when we talked You said you felt 3 out of 10 And I felt guilty that I felt a 9 Today I meditated on self nurturing How each of us are so precious Just by being We touch each other's lives And those of others Friends come and go But you are my chosen family We only have each other I don't know how I can help To li...