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Midnitesun
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0 posted 2008-12-15 06:44 PM


Silence is not golden.
It is just silence.

Yet it can seem more deafening
than a thousand loud screams
in the darkest of nights.

It can feel cold, overwhelming, frightening,
when you want a warm cozy comforter.

But it is simply silence.

If the imagination
fills in all the blanks
when one is surrounded by silence,
it pays to remember
the blanks may not be real.

Silence
is just
silence.
*thanking Steven for nudging me into a re-write from 2002

© Copyright 2008 Kathleen Kacy Stafford - All Rights Reserved
steavenr
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1 posted 2008-12-15 08:11 PM


wow!!!  I am so thrilled AND honored to be considered inspiration for anything...your write was not only insightful but deeply philosophical as well...so glad you went back to the writing of it...we are all richer for it...
Bill Charles
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2 posted 2008-12-15 08:12 PM


Midnitesun - silence at times isn't golden, at times it's painful...

BC

secondhanddreampoet
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3 posted 2008-12-15 08:37 PM


shhhhhhhhhhhh!


applause for this 're-post'!

HopeS
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4 posted 2008-12-15 10:37 PM


silence is not always golden , thats so true , I agree with you

Hope

OwlSA
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5 posted 2008-12-16 12:11 PM


Understanding the now of it, although a rewrite . . .

Cosy, comforting, very, very gentle hugs and s

- Owl

vandana
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6 posted 2008-12-16 05:32 PM


good read
LindsayP
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7 posted 2008-12-18 07:43 PM



The best place to appreciate silence is to sit out in the outback on a starry night and soak up the reverence that one feels. It's times like that when silence is golden. Love to you dear Kacy.

Lindsay

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