Trembling silence

The rumblings of discontent never seem to be audible.

The earth shakes, wine glasses tremble, people leap out of bed and run for cover and the world continues to turn.

Storms lash the land with lightning, tornadoes suck up whole towns, and I chalk it up to nature.

Seas swamp the levies, snow crashes into crevasses, ice holes crack open across rivers and I think winter is waning.

It is the silence that terrifies me, the minute I take something for granted, the unremarkable moment when my life tips over and everything changes.