13%

13%

Alone with my thoughts

Snippets of conversation

Drift past my ears

I take a seat filled with childlike ambition 

20%

Turned off from the world

Unplugged from connectivity

The novelty begins to wear

Slowly unease enters unwelcomed

24%

Be alone

Be silent

No innane chatter

Or distracting niceities

29%

Just you and your thoughts

Judgements

Is writing on old receipts art?

Or just stupid

38%

Fight the intense urge to bolt for home

Rather than be quiet for a while

Impatience rushing

Stillness disturbs

43%

Is it a human trait?

Or a by-product of modern society

Around me people whitter pompously

Headphones in ears and filters on faces

55%

Have we forgotten how to stay silent and still?

Silent and alone

Or is it just me?

I’m still disconnected from the outside world

58%

I ponder the strangeness of coffee shops

With no windows to the street

What is the weather like?

I remain encased in false light and sound

60%

People leave

Coffee cups discarded

I remain

Fighting the crazy urge to follow back to life

63%

I bargain 

5 more minutes with myself 

Pen taps the table as I ponder

My own inability to be

65%

I push my cup away

Collect my things

And give in

I depart from the silent judging tables

64%

Back into the world then

Where nobody knows how to be alone

Headphones in I depart my artificial solitude

And walk into rain

13%

I submit and turn for home

Battery fast depleting

Because heaven forbid

Being trapped in public silence again