All I Need
The world has a way of shoutingdespite having nothing to say!I want every day to have that Sunday vibeI've done lifes chores I don't care about the weather and I am tired of bright flickering screens,the glow that promises everything - yet delivers only a hollow emptiness, so I shall pull the curtains shutnot to hide,but to see what remainswhen the glare has gone.I know my bones have found their own rhythmone much slower than that of the clock on the wall.I want to sit in the heart of an afternoonwhere the only soundis the soft rhythmic breathing of the dogsettled next to me on the sofamy only pressureour warm loyalty and her knowing that I'll feed her laterand knowing that my wife is sat across from me - a quiet presence, a familiar grace.We do not need to cloud the air with speech.the silence between us is not emptyit's an understanding an understanding between two entwined souls.I don't carethe world can carry on without me.Let the waves of breaking news break themselves against other shores - not mine!I am retreating into the center of my life,finding the man I wasbefore the world told me who I must be.I am home,the door is closedand I have all I need.