Hideaway

Two clouds silently pass 

high above us.

Except for the dog snoring,

and a breeze, 

blowing through the trees behind us,

heard through the open back door - there is no sound,

nothing,

just silence.

The sun quietly sets,

painting the sky a vivid orange,

highlighting a small fishing boat silently crossing the bay beneath us.

A small TV forlornly stares at me from the corner of the lounge,

as if its screen is a single rectangular eye,

"switch me on", it says

I could tell you all that is going on in world right now!" 

But we just don't care for that here,

we don't need it,

why would we?

Here where we hide,

with just our thoughts, 

and the wind in the trees. 

Go away world - I don't want you right now!

Leave us to hide away,

I need to engage with the silence of this place,

and explore these unaccustomed corners I now find.

I need to see the sun set over the bay,

and its orange sky.

I need to explore the silence of that fishing boat,

I need to dive into this unfamiliar peace,

these sounds normally unheard in my modern world 

and then...

...then I need to take this with me and keep it forever.