Poem (in honor of National Poetry Month): I Love to Sit in Silence

I love to sit in silence

Beneath the shady trees

And listen to the song of birds

And to the buzz of bees.

I love to sit in silence
And watch the Clouds roll by
Then read a book or sing a song
And hear the wild bird cry.

I love to sit in silence
When the day is almost done
And see behind the distant hill
The paint glow of the sun.

I love to sit in silence

In the evening twilight
And listen to the whippor-will
Singing with all its might.

I love to sit in silence

Beneath the Starry sky

And pray to all in earnest

To live in silence all the while.

--Anonymous