For all those quiet types that sit and listen To the world’s maddening, deafening roars And still find time to dream. To all those shy, unstable poets dying to Break free of the confines of verse and stanzas And yearn for originality. For those who refuse to take on an identity Knowing that nothing is certain and Ideas and creativity is a living thing in flux; Forever moving, changing, and evolving. For those that find silence beautiful And feel no desire to spoil it with Useless words but instead wait, Give pause, Breathe Then reply with the softest tones Of enlightenment; not of contempt, but of privilege. For all those who are sure that all things Will end, not with a roar breaking through the solitude, But with a whisper carried across nations. For those who revere the solemnity of the quiet And have no urge to break free from it. For those of us who know we are not bound by silence But rather, by its absence. Where fools abound with spoken words That fall flat against the black top. For those who know it’s better to be quiet And thought a fool than speak and leave no doubt. This is for you, my brothers and sisters of silent acquiescence To the cause of verbal restraint. While it’s true we have every right to speak, What good can come of uneducated speech laboring off an idiot’s tongue? To drive others on like cattle in a common cause? Better luck would be had in asking a befuddled bovine the cause it follows Than inquiring the same of the herded masses of fools Who were taught only enough to string words together for the most basic functions. So to those who know the importance of Silence, reverence and educated listening, Spread the word, But do so, not with a roar, but with a Whisper.