Withdrawn

The quiet ones
are the ones I truly love,
saying nothing outside their
own thoughts, silently
revealing
themselves to no one
except to those who don't
need to ask. For them
silence is an action
that speaks volumes when
even whispers and breathing
are much too strident.
Even now
I can half hear their hushed
troupe of thoughts gather
like snowy drifts
in all corners of consciousness.