September's Poem

Silence

The dog frightens off Silence
If she tries to enter our home
An intruder in the noise of now

Silence surreptitiously waits for the sounds of family
To take a break, skip a beat, drop a note
As she competes for airtime

Silence tries to seep into my ears when I sleep
But blaring dreams barricade her entry

Like a dormant desert flower
Silence waits for the dog to grow deaf
For the children to move out
For me to be too weary to orchestrate nightly dreams

When Silence blooms
she will crowd out the songs of the past
And leave tone-deaf memories