Silence

The wait

In darkness I sit and wait.

For what I know not.

My mind lost in a void.

Unable to process any change.

Ideas always forming and changing.

Appearing and vanishing.

I utter no words from my mouth.

Yet I hear my every thought.

Time passes me by without a watch.

The past is forever gone.

I view life as it passes me by.

Am I alone? Is emptiness my companion?

I take no heed of others.

Forgotten myself along the way.

What good have I ever done?

What is my worth?

I created life!

The greatest thing one can do!

I watched it grow and flourish.

In the process I forgot to live.

These tired old bones can still move.

The mental chain I will break.

I will rejoin life.

Take back what it means to be human.

I will go where I once trod.

There I will start to make new memories.

I will immerse myself in others lives.

Start as if I were a new babe.

I will feel their pain.

Share in their happiness.

I will partake of their lives.

I will leave a piece of me behind.

Those I touch will remember me.

I will live on in their memories.

I am human, I am not alone.

I am one of many.

My story is your story.

We all write it together.