Shells of the Mind

My mind was back on the coast as my body stayed here in DF.


               Trying to appreciate
                the silence
                     was a hopeless task,
                      because my mind was
                full of all the words
                that had
                      once been spoken when
                       they had meant something.
                 But now, like sand-filled shells,
                 they only
                        rattled unheard as they
                        were swept by the rushing
                 tides bringing them to shore
                 only to exist,
                         But remain uncovered
                          until the sea breezes
                 would cover them completely
                 with sand.