"quiet..."

I need some
quiet...

the kind of
silence
that
penetrates
deep
beneath the
self

beneath
the one you see,

beyond
the one
that
screams and claws
for
a voice,
attention,
recognition...

I need to put her
in time out
to edge her into the
penumbral shadows of
a softer light,
to gently hold
her there,
and
not give in...

because the
true me,

the me that knows there
is no
real answer
but the
one that comes
from within...

from within
the
silence of a silent
heart....

needs...

not wants,
wishes for,
imagines,
or hopes...but needs

to be quiet

needs to
cast off from
the
familiarity of
her own
"voice"

and drift into
the middle,
the core,
the center of
her stillness...

she needs to
be quiet...

really,
really
quiet...

sshh....

you can do this...