The Paddock Review

The Quiet Time Between

…..

The balcony door creaks open,

letting the cool breath of morning air

filter into the bedroom.

Silence fills the backyard

as its inhabitants wait

for the sun to rise.

It is early,

the quiet time between 

the skittering and rummaging 

of the night critters,

and the awakening 

of the birds and squirrels.

My favorite part of the day,

where time stops,

if only for a moment,

before the rest of the world

wakes up.

I need that moment.

Time sometimes evaporates,

like the morning breeze

filtering through the balcony screen door.

Important things, 

like writing,

playing,

sharing,

take a back seat 

to the functional,

monotonous

chores of the day. 

In that quiet moment

one can reflect, 

without ambient noise and distraction,

on that which is good in the world.

The quiet allows

for decisions to be made,

and growth to happen.

 

This poem is from the book Life Seasons by GAIL LIPE (Finishing Line Press), and can be found at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/life-seasons-by-gail-lipe/

Life Seasons takes you on a journey through the contrasting seasons of life. There are poems that reflect on life, nurture the soul, and speak of hope, poems that express the connection between nature and healing. Then there are poems that bare the soul and speak of betrayal and loss, not only loss of external things, but loss of self. Details of life and nature are captured with the essence of awe and wonder, interspersed with reflection.