Silence and loneliness are my continuous partner.
I photographed them with me many a long years back!
When I have the two, I don't need any.
I'm desperately alone in the crowd-
And I'm crowded with silences and loneliness.
I learned not to mind the silences.
Sabidin Ibrahim
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/on-silences-and-loneliness/