Early Morning Silence

There are times when 

I don’t like being alone. 

Times when silence deafens.

~ when early morning is dark; 

no traffic on the streets; wind 

not furring thro' naked trees; 

when I feel solitary; alone 

in this building of families; 

this city of workers 

  and lovers 

    and children. 

times when my ears ringing are 

the only sound that I hear

The cat is even silent, fed and content

~ not yet breathing his funny buzzsaw snore. 

But I know that I have just 

awakened in this early morning

~  that the building has yet to 

yawn awake; the city still sleeps.

There may be another like me 

across the street or across the city 

who also feels the calming sound 

of early morning silence.

“Go placidly amid the noise and haste, 

and remember what peace there may be in silence.”

~ Max Ehrmann,  Desiderata