See link below for the Fontella Bass, 1965 original song that so often runs through my head.
Rescue me Quiet loneliness sits ’round the corner . . . ever lurking in the Dark. Oh, Silence, sometimes healing, sometimes scary. Are you friend or foe tonight? Shattered. Broken. Silence burst by jagged noise. A calling from another world. Lover, is that you? Are you there? Yes! Friend tonight. You’re the blessed ringing in my ear. By Marilyn Paluszak
Reprinted from a poem first drafted in 1986 and revised in 2011 … I cannot resist tweaking.