Beyond Quiet

While neuroscience probes deeper
Into that place beyond quiet
Where radiator rumble
Refrigerator hum
Pipe rattling
Ceases to be
The why of our hidden thinking core
Remains undiscovered

Even as a dog knows
Beneath opening and closing mouth yawns
An alley cat fathoms
While cleaning silently in the night
Adults know little
Of the silence of thought beyond
Save the innate noise that precedes
Pursuit of such quiet revealing

Perhaps

Insight remains reluctant
Fearful of its own discovery
Where lexicons unknown
Will articulate shadowed inflorescence
Where blooms of vision will implore
Just as a baby discerns
Sight's first experience
And pleads for more

Innocence

Always tenuous
Remains accessible to the courageous
Returning the joy of awe
To those fearless of time 

We can only wonder

Will destiny's dawn reveal
A rare sense of security
When serenity becomes fate's guide into darkness
Where
For the moment
Light continues
Sleeping?