Sounds of Silence

I am looking at sound
Flowing freely through the air
Emanating from each source
Searching for a destination

From lips as they speak
From a mouth as it gasps
or widens in a scream
From a tongue as it vibrates
pouring forth a song

From birds as they call
From children as they play
From babies as they cry
From friends as they laugh

From cars as they pass
From bells as they ring
From dishes as they clank
From a pan as it sizzles

From a dog as it barks
From a cat as it purrs
From a ball as it whooshes
past a player at home plate

From water as it drips
From rain as it patters
From waves as they crash
upon the soft sand

A myriad of sounds
We hear in every moment
Pass by us as we rush
Through our hectic day

Even gaps in between
echo as they fall
Between the cracks
in the pavement of our lives

If for a moment
We pause to take a breath
They are vivid in our sight
Surrounding us in the silence
At the core of our existence