Wise is the silence

Wise is the silence,
then I'm not wise
because
all this noise is just a narrow river.

Silence is the deepest,
the clearest speech.
It's not necessary speak with words
when one goes onto that pond.
It's gold when we can calm our mind
and life is then
an easy road.
It's gold when we don't reject it,
when it can't hurt us,
when we use it as a language.

Why are we afraid of silence?

Silence seems to be
a different thing than it really is.
It's more than a proverb,
it's more than a cheap point of view,
it's more than two islands too far
from each other
which can be connected
with it.