Such Strange Silence

Sitting and waiting
Thoughts swirling in and through
She sits and thinks and feels
Ugly, no good and failure resound
While she sits and thinks and feels
Colorless words standardized over time
Repetitive phrases carry increasing weight
While she sits and thinks and feels
Then, a pause
“Stop” she says out loud
“Stop and leave” to the forces behind those words
Then she sits and thinks and feels
Nothing
Moment coupled by moment
Of peaceful respite so
She sits and thinks and feels
Such strange silence