The Alchemy of Silence (A Temperance
Poem)
By Wayne Limberger
Silence is not just golden,
It's also portable.
I carry mine with me
Wherever I go,
A stillness of mind
That mutes the din
Of human intercourse,
Immune to the sting
Of casual impertinence
On the rough tongue
Of an artless society.
It transmutes the inferior,
This Zen of Temperance,
This Fine Art of Right Action,
Of finesse and quiet precision,
Of measured indifference
To the vulgarity
Of the commonplace.