I have restricted myself to written language today
I havent spoken a single word since I woke up
And it's been wonderful.
The most noise I made was when I ran the dishwasher.
Which is actually considerably loud.
I've spent the day thinking,
drinking coffee, staying warm, and doing this
Staying quiet is a thing that I'm doing just for me.
I'm being selfish and keeping myself to myself
And it's making a little grin stick to the corner of my lips
I'm thinking about all the sounds we make every day
Noises for each other to announce our presence in a room
To remind each other that we are here
To say "you're funny"
or
"I think I'm funny"
It's so nice to just
shhhh
to announce nothing
to no one
for just a little while
