Silence

“What is ultimate silence?”

Someone once asked me a question.

I said I didn’t know.

She whispered almost inaudibly,

as if afraid to put thoughts

in other peoples’ minds.

But I paid close attention,

absorbed

every

word

in the sponge inside my head.

Her words were something magical,

a mind movie began to unspool.

I had visions of a caterpillar

finishing push-ups,

and ever-so- s-l-o-w-ly

walking away….

….. on plush Persian carpet,

wearing only the softest velvet shoes.

I did whisper, “Graçias Madre!”

But she did not hear me.