If I could read minds my parents would die.

If I could read minds my girlfriend would be forever in danger.

If I could read minds the weight of the world would be on my back.

If I could read minds I'd face a foe worth a match.

If I could read minds I'd surely win.

If I could read minds I'd let the dark in.

If I could read minds revenge would be next.

If I could read minds I'd never forgive.

But if you could read minds you'd know all that.

If I had the power to read minds, I would sit at the corner of a road - maybe in a cafe - and just listen.

I would let the ocean of thoughts crash over me until it was merely white noise at the edge of my senses. I could tune in at my leisure, but the constant hum of each human mind would be ever present.

You could say that I hate silence.