Speak to the Stillness with "Winds of Mystery" as the background may be heard on Real Audio.

"Winds of Mystery" is an original composition by Tom Williams III From his CD "Camping in the Celestial" and used with his permission.

SPEAK TO THE STILLNESS Copyright © 1968 Jeff Linder
Wind Walker
I speak to the stillness
And the night does not answer.
Sitting alone again
The city is not my friend.
In the midst of a crowd
I try to speak,
But my words fall on the sidewalk
Trampled and pushed over the curb
To be swept up tomorrow morning.
How can this happen ?
I was whole once,
Without these chains of aloneness,
But that was before I listened to the city.
She called and I left the security of home.

It is late again and in my lonliness
I go to the place where I lay my head, and cry.
In the twilight zone of sleep, something taps on my shoulder
And I smile, turning only to find -
There is nothing.

I think I hear her in the bathroom
Making familar sounds and I run there
Only to find, it is empty - like me.
I can remember all of the sounds of her,
The quiet sneeze that sounded like a cat,
The sound of static as she ran her brush through her hair.
The sounds, alive in my head, make my ears hear.
And still - nothing but stillness.
And I sit, listening for her sounds.

And it is late again,
Tomorrow a show,
Go perform,
Smile,
Do a good job,
Break a leg,
Pretend everything is all right,
Act normal.
And then later -

Speak to the Stillness Again.

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