Tick Tock Goes The Clock

Tick Tock
Drip Drop
Plip Plop
Slurp Slurp
Sniff Sniff
Chomp Chomp
Buzz Buzz

Comes the sounds of annoyance.

Its kind of funny what sounds you suddenly notice when its quiet.

Nobody is stirring. Its silence everywhere.
Its kind of peaceful.....until
Something catches your ears.
A sound you hadn't heard before.
Most often it seems to be that the most common sound
Is the ticking of a clock.
Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock
Going on and on for every second until you wonder...
Why did I not notice this before?
But then.....the ticking becomes muted
And it fades from your consciousness
As something finally distracts you from its endless ticking.

The same with the other sounds.
The buzz of static
The dripping of a faucet
The sound of somebody eating or drinking
Once you notice them....its hard to make yourself stop noticing.
Until either a) the sound stops or
b) its overshadowed with some other sound or
c) you figure out how to ignore it.

I wonder how many times in a day we become aware of some sound....
And it bugs us....maybe without us consciously realizing it...
and then it just goes away to be forgotten as an annoyance...
until it comes again.

Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi