Emery Walker

Absolute Silence

After many years pass, I hope to live

On a secluded island by myself.

I want a house not to big

Because I’ll have no one to share with,

And it’ll remind me of how alone I am.

There will be birds chirping in the trees

And flowers growing in the fields.

They’ll be the only life around

Happy and carefree, and not like me.

I’d want no internet, so when no one

calls out to me I’ll have an excuse.

I would have no glass, mirrors or windows—

If I see my reflection I’d hate myself even more.

No cars, people or animals either—

I couldn’t bear to see life so lively while i’m still.

I want a quiet life that I made myself,

Because then it is my own decision,

And not everyone else around me

forcing me into one.