Sound of Silence

Every once in I while I just crave silence. Absolute deafening silence like that experienced on a cold windless winter night in the forest just after a snowfall. The kind of silence that makes you realize that for the past however many years not a minute has gone by without you hearing some constant noise whether it be the soft rushing of air coming from your office ventilation, the low hum of traffic from a distant main street, the drip of a leaky faucet or the distant buzz of life in the great outdoors. I'm talking about the fresh solace of quietude bestowed only occasionally on those few who seek it out. That's what I crave now.