The Loss of Words (best I could do with 'Silence' today...)

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Open Poetry #34

The Loss of Words (best I could do with 'Silence' today...)

jwesley
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since 2000-04-30

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Spring, Texas

0 posted 2004-11-17 08:18 PM

The Loss of Words

w. james beard, jr
© november 2004

.
Between cries and breath
there is a momentary silence
where one wonders if life has ceased to be,
wonders if the baby
is chuckling to itself
knowing this moment of respite for it’s parents
is a lifetime long.

Between life and the final breath
there is a silence
as the soul poises on the brink,
an exhaustive sigh as it passes,
a hush as all realize it’s gone.

Silence. . .
at the end of a song,
when two hearts meet,
a breath-held pause
as love reaches it’s peak,
the quiet after – amen.

Silence,
the loss of words
at the end
of this line. . .

[This message has been edited by jwesley (11-17-2004 09:06 PM).]

passing shadows
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since 1999-08-26

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displaced

1 posted 2004-11-17 08:19 PM

understanding this

Magnus

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since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

2 posted 2004-11-17 08:31 PM

Chuckling at your ending, and enjoyed it
in it's entirety. A good write Jimmy.

BTW...it's easy....jump in some time...

ThisDiamond
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since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

3 posted 2004-11-17 08:35 PM

A breath held pause as love reaches it's peak, and after amen...

I didn't copy this Jimmy, I just closed my eyes and recanted the best ever...

Wonderful write.
TD

Susan
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since 2004-03-27

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4 posted 2004-11-17 08:48 PM

Oh, I like this perspective - excellent -

Susan

Happiness isn't something that happens to you, it's created from within you. Joy is a state of mind.

Martie

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5 posted 2004-11-17 09:06 PM

Jimmy

You did silence proud!

SEA

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since 2000-01-18

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with you

6 posted 2004-11-17 09:13 PM

"Between life and the final breath
there is a silence
as the soul poises on the brink,
an exhaustive sigh as it passes,
a hush as all realize it’s gone."

loved this part here..

excellent

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