Silence Poem by Charles Tiffin Clegg

come home to silence
imposing itself on me
a pressing abscence all around
is my being here?
or only its echo in my ear

I listen just for something
and there a car has passed
the pressure just continues
no noise from the TV
I, all alone and silent just begin to see
a change, I feel I am becomming me

no talk to fill the silence
no happy greeting at the door
no warmth and love to meet me
I'm learning now the fear I have had
of really being me
Aloneness is my teacher
no lecture, books or notes
I am with some intensity
learning to be me