Silence

Just one of those days when i am sitting a little late in office. But the difference is that i really have no reason to stay late. i have some deadlines but that doesnt mean i need to burn the midnight oil. and yet i just dont feel like getting up. I am finding something here that hasnt been with me for a long time now. Silence.

Its been a long while since i have felt this. The overwhelming power of silence. And today, i am feeling it, taking it in, drawing a long drawn draught. Awhile ago i was working and listening to some music, and reading a few beautiful blogs. and then i stopped. I stopped working, stopped the media player, closed the blogs. and just sat.

Except for one more of my freinds, there is no one out here. and since he is busy doing some work, there is no conversation to make and so i am sitting in complete silence. oh of course there this ricketty old fan ( the table one mounted on the wall), with its continous whirring sound to give me company. Other than that. Silence.

Its not that i am in mood for an introspection or meditation or any of that sort. In fact these days i rarely feel like doing that. I am not even thinking about anything. Am just taking in this silence. Its calming , soothing to me.

Silence is beautiful. Sometimes i just walk out of my room in the dead of the night, and roam on the streets, when there is no one out. Just watch the buildings, the trees, the lights, all silent. Nothing. and then the solitary shriek of an owl that breaks it all.

and there are times when even in the midst of the greatest amount of noise you feel it. Sometimes even in the rush and the crowd and it all, you feel the silence around. You feel you dont connect to it all. But thats because you are connected to yourself.

A lot of things, a lot of emotions, a lot of feelings, ambitions, reactions, all mixed to color your life. and everything then colored by this one force. Silence.