A Request For Silence Poem by Phil Soar

I sat alone and listened to the hum of traffic
Thought about where i might sit in silence
But knowing I cannot be where no sound occurs
I left

Again I sat and listened to the hum of the traffic
And yet I had moved a hundred miles
Hoping for silence but receiving none
I left

And now I sit by the river and watch the flow
No traffic now, but the steady sound of water
Making me want to pee
So I did

No-one saw me, except a passing farmer
On a tractor
Breaking the sound of the water
So I left