If Silence Fell

I wondered today about silence
The silence that would descend if 
beeping of backing up vehicles
  ring tones of wandering cell phones
    whoosh of traffic vanished into the darkness.

What would it be like?
This strange silence echoing softly through our awareness
Would we all feel like 
  Deafness was our lot ~ or
    Breathe a deep sigh of relief?

Would the birds silence themselves
in the same limbo, waiting for the next unnatural sound
Or would all birds, large and small
   Rejoice with their twitters filling the skies
      Soar high knowing their songs would have no competition.

“Such a deep silence surrounds me, that I think 

I hear moonbeams striking on the windows.”

~ Lucian Blaga