Music or Silence? July 27, 2023

My car door sure closes

with a confident click

I think as my

left-hand high grips

the wheel and the right

turns the key

I skim past the

garage framing

down the driveway

twist my neck to catch movement

back out into the street

and accelerate

immediately confronting a choice

music or silence

is there a need to sing

and foot tap my mood higher

wail with my pipes

inside this glass bubble

kick myself into

a more animated gear?

or settle down slow the rush

connect with the idle

the hum of existence

read the stillness

sometimes there’s good

advice for my soul

I do know the silence

that fills that emptiness stays

long after my favorite song

has washed through