How balmy is silence!

There’s no one around

and I can indulge in my thoughts.

I can sense my shrouded feelings making noise.

They make me edgy but I must plunge into the ocean of silence.

In this unfathomable arena, I should repose.

I can touch my soul!

It’s weary of bedlam and doesn’t want to broach the ocean of silence.

It was looking for abode for a long time but I would sidestep its urges.

I always thought if I introspected, I would be mislaid.

I guess I bamboozled myself for in these cosy moments of silence I have found my true self.

~Muskan Antil

Sonepat, India