When I say I am quiet
I don’t mean it’s loud in my head
I don’t mean I’m listening and remembering everything you say to use it for or against you one day
I don’t mean I am a cyclone waiting to explode
I don’t mean quiet means I am shy please tell me I am not and have never seemed quiet to you
When I say I am quiet
I mean sitting in a dim light listening to the hum of nothing in my ears
I mean letting my thoughts swirl behind my eyes like soft mist from tea in the morning
I mean please don’t expect me to talk for a while but don’t feel like my silence is unhealthy, I’m just recharging.
When I say I am quiet
I mean I like to be quiet
I mean my brain cannot stand to have so much noise for so much of the time
-zu
