In the stillness of the night
A silence so thin, so slight
It hangs in the air like a veil
Whispering secrets, telling tales

It’s a silence that’s hard to define
But it’s there, oh, so sublime
It’s a hush that’s almost palpable
A quiet so calm, so comfortable

It’s a silence that’s full of meaning
A pause in the chaos, intervening
It’s a moment to catch your breath
To contemplate life and its breadth

In the thin silence, we find peace
A moment that brings us release
Though it may be fleeting and brief
It brings us calmness, brings us relief.

Written for Misky’s Twiglet prompt using the words “thin silence.”

Note from Fandango: Lest you think I have suddenly turned into a decent poet, I have a confession to make. I did not write this poem. I was struggling with this prompt, “thin silence,” and was thinking about writing something having to do with the thin silence of tinnitus, but I was coming up empty. So just for giggles and grins, I opened up a ChatGPT AI app called Genie, typed, “Write a poem about thin silence,” and the above poem is what the app created. I was actually impressed with the poem and decided to use it in my response to Misky’s prompt. Then I went to Bing Image Creator and typed in, “Thin silence,” and the image it created is at the top of this post. I was also impressed with the image Bing created.

Just so you know, I will never publish a post generated by AI and claim it to be my work. And I will never post an image that is AI generated without saying so.