Listen to the Quiet

True silence, such a rare thing

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Loud by contrast, eerie by right

Ever sought but never found.

To search sky, land or sea

And underground, trapped with the rhythm of the Earth.

Find a quiet room, lock the door;

Hold your breath then listen,

For the sound between the heartbeats.

Still silence eludes.

Only in vacuum shall ever be found

A thing so loud as the absence of sound.