--- title: When Stillness Speaks date: 2020-05-24T15:30:37Z modified: 2020-05-24T16:07:06Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/when-stillness-speaks/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 406 categories: - Life Poems tags: - Life Poems - life - night featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/night-sky.jpg" featured_image_alt: Night Sky author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2020-05-24T16:07:06Z --- Most people have trouble sleeping as they are plagued by thoughts of various things – past, present and future. Things that could have been, that could be and that will be. ![Night Sky](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/night-sky.jpg) as the gentle night breeze sweep the land that is deep in sleep i close my eyes and try to sleep; as the [stars](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/stars-dark.md) became brighter and brighter, my eyes refused to close sleep, just ran away into the darkness of the land; the twinkling of the stars, the warmth of the [air](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/love-is-in-the-air.md) disturbed only by the muted sounds of the [heart](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/for-the-woman-who-stole-my-heart.md) beat! tried counting from one to hundred; tried reading a book; tried to [count](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/you-may-count-that-day.md) the number of times the stars twinkled in the sky; still, my eyes refused to close, sleep would not engulf the senses; when stillness speaks, everything else just listens; – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – First published on 27/08/2008. Republished on 24/05/2020