Drifting: Observing the Flow

Street noises
Break the silence,
Accentuating the stillness
Within the busyness,

Soft sounds
Penetrate the hard ones,
Showing off the connectivity
Underlying the opposites,

Beeping and squeaking,
Droning and clanking;
Cars and bikes,
Planes and copters;

The low hum
Of computers and compressors
Against the roar
Of motorcycles and trucks;

Water dripping slowly from
An ailing faucet
Against horns honking
And the swish of vehicles passing by.

A voice on the phone
Asking for information,
Tinnitus in the ears,
In between words

All of this interleaved
Coming and going
In a continuous flow,
From and to where I don’t know

Past and present,
Merging into one moment,
Air expanding and contracting
And interacting.