The Sound of Silence

We are surrounded by noise. Talking heads on TV. Loudmouth Rush Limbaugh on the radio. Car horns honking. Train whistles blowing. The hum of tires on the highway. At work it was the constant slamming of steel doors on steel frames. Nothing tells you that you are in prison like the slamming of those doors. Well that and the constant yelling. Today it was time to work on the back part of our acreage. For most of the day the sounds I heard were the birds singing ( it is spring and it appears everyone in the bird world is looking for a chance to mate) and the wind rustling through the trees. No manmade sounds could be heard. It was absolute bliss. No yelling, no cars, no annoying city background noise. It wasn't the sound of silence but it was the absence of other humans that made it special and quiet. I wish Carol would have been there to share it with me. A time where you could think and reflect on life without the annoyance of mankind. Those of you who live in the city- please accept my heartfelt thanks. I appreciate your willingness to live there and leave me with the blissful silence of a warm spring day.