it's quiet now

When the girls were younger and M was away on business, I would look forward to the quiet time after they went to bed. I could watch whatever I wanted or just sit in the silence, the blessed silence.
Of course, there will come a time when it will be quiet in my house all the time, I’ll look forward to a little noise, maybe little feet to take for walks.
Now the girls are older. One is away, the other stays up later than I do most nights and Mark is away. Tonight, she went to bed before me. It is quiet again. A peace descending on the world. All is right with it tonight. Except in those places where people are being shot at, blown up, starved and deprived of the basic neccessities of life. Yeah, well, except for them, it’s all right. I guess it’s all right here, in my living room right now because tomorrow morning will find me bitching about something.
I guess there really is no paradise on earth.