We try to avoid 
the silence of the being 
by covering it 
with flashes and lights 
in the night 
distractions and dings 
by day 
 
We try to quiet 
the incessant talk of the mind 
by feeding it 
images and fear 
in the night 
arguments and conflict 
by day 
 
but that just makes it hungrier 
for more. 
 
 
We are forever caught 
until we reach the moment 
where we see - 
the mind 
the being 
for what they really are.