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Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

0 posted 2012-09-15 01:59 PM

She just sat there...
absorbing silence
through the pores of her skin.
No magazine, no cell phone,
no conversation.
Very quiet and still,
obviously lost in thought.
She didn't notice I was there
so I just sat there...
absorbing silence
through the pores of my skin.

Ida Werrett

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

1 posted 2012-09-15 02:03 PM

I am sorry you were a patient, Ida. However, your poem is excellent and makes me want to know what the other patient was thinking.

Owl

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

2 posted 2012-09-15 02:51 PM

Ah, you were both in a pensive . . .

quote:
absorbing silence
through the pores of my skin.

kind of day. Either that or you were staring into a mirror. Heh.Heh.

~*~ If they give you ruled paper write sideways. ~*~

Startime1955
Senior Member

since 2012-04-22

Posts 1072
Alberta, Canada

3 posted 2012-09-15 04:38 PM

Magnificent writing that has this reader's heart feeling for both of you...*BIG HUGS*

*may our dreams ever be magical*

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

4 posted 2012-09-24 01:13 AM

It is in the stillness of silence where we
get lost. Love it.
E

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

5 posted 2012-09-24 12:46 PM

so deep, ida, overwhelming empathy with others that honor humanity and poetry,

yann

ebonygirl
Member Elite

since 2011-07-14

Posts 2000
California U.S.A

6 posted 2012-09-24 07:48 PM

Yann said it best, Ida.
E

BluesSerenade
Member Patricius

since 2001-10-23

Posts 10549
By the Seaside

7 posted 2012-09-30 07:47 PM

Your poetry says so much in so few words.
There is alot to be said for capturing the silence without stirring the air.

Nicely done, Ida~

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

8 posted 2012-10-01 11:24 PM

"absorbing silence
through the pores of my skin."

Sometimes that is more perfect
than can be explained.
Love the write, Ida.

JL

Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul,and with all your mind. Love your neighbor as yourself.
Maranatha!

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

9 posted 2012-10-02 08:50 AM

powerful 'reality' write.

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

10 posted 2012-10-02 11:04 AM

Ida, this touched me in many ways. And though not a patient, there are times I sit in silence and thought, wondering how and why the world is so fast-paced yet going nowhere.

M

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

11 posted 2012-10-04 01:03 AM

and she probably appreciated the quiet that you afforded her...

i was in a bowling alley so quiet once, you could hear a pin drop.. ! ...

i hope the visit went well

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