Day 32: Sounds

it is in the quiet bosom of silence that my mind wanders most until it doesn’t. a needed respite from all the motions, distractions, conversations. in Senegal’s countryside i was kept awake by the loudest silence i’ve ever experienced in my life. it drew me inward to my thoughts, avoidances, hopes and aspirations. in the silence i heard the fluids in my head swooshing, the gas in my gut gathering, the cracks in my joints unnerving. in the quiet around me my inner sounds grew so much louder. the voices of my spirit guides became more clear. the silence created for me the space for healing, facing fears, releasing. thinking. the incessant noise of this moment is so distracting. and the things that matter most get drowned out.