One Noise

Pick one noise.

Just one.

The morning scroll.
The third coffee.
The always-on podcast.
The drink that starts
the evening shift.

Turn it off.

For one day.

Not forever.
One day.

And when the silence
gets uncomfortable,
and it will,
don’t reach for a replacement.

Just say to yourself:

something is trying to get through.

Then listen.

You won’t hear a voice
booming from the clouds.

You’ll hear something better.

Static,
clearing.