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jwesley
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0 posted 2014-07-13 11:22 AM




Break The Silence


My lover’s gone.

The silence of her passing
Lives in these rooms.
All those years
are in the noise
resounding from the walls
on the carrier of my heart.

Break the silence, Lord,
please . . .
break the silence
of her passing,

and let me sleep.


© wesley james beard, jr.




© Copyright 2014 Wesley James Beard, Jr. - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
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1 posted 2014-07-13 12:08 PM


Touching poetry, buddy. Short, very much to the point with an ache within each and every line.

~*~ When politicians give up on liberty, it falls to poets to preserve it. Or write its epitaph. ~*~

Marchmadness
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2 posted 2014-07-13 02:20 PM


Powerful yet sensitive write, Jimmy. So sad.
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3 posted 2014-07-13 04:33 PM


I have missed the gentleness of your poetry, jimmy.

A

Lori Grosser Rhoden
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4 posted 2014-07-14 07:05 PM


Dearest Jimmy,
You touched my heart big time with this one. Your grief is palpable and immeasurable and the tears just keep coming. God bless your tender heart.
Lori

BluesSerenade
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5 posted 2014-07-14 07:06 PM


Hurts to read..i wish you peace dear poet.
OwlSA
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6 posted 2014-07-14 07:15 PM


Jimmy, I know that often your poetry is not autobiographical.  I am hoping against hope that this is fiction, but I am so afraid that it is true . . . and if it is, I am so very sorry to hear it.  Your poem is exquisite, and so very worthy of such a great love.

Tears
Owl

jwesley
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7 posted 2014-07-14 09:00 PM


Thank you very much, each and every one of you, for the size of your hearts and souls, but happily, this is not about me, or any one person in particular. Rather, like much of my writing, it's my attempt to put into words what is felt in one of the various situations life presents.

Thank you for the read, the words, and for being there.

jimmy

latearrival
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8 posted 2014-07-15 04:31 AM


I think we all shared the same feeling,"oh no not to Jewlsey". Thanks for your sensitive words. you never fail. Jo
latearrival
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9 posted 2014-07-15 04:33 AM


I think we all shared the same feeling,"oh no not to Jwelsey". Thanks for your sensitive words. you never fail. Jo
OwlSA
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10 posted 2014-07-15 05:52 AM


Oh my goodness, Jimmy, a huge sigh of relief!  The tears were already burning at the back of my eyes as I came into this, so afraid for confirmation of my previous fears . . . and what a pleasure to banish them!  

Owl

JL
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since 2004-04-01
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Texas, USA
11 posted 2014-07-24 11:35 AM


Heart wrenching sad.

Always enjoy reading you, J!!

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!

Michael
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12 posted 2014-07-24 11:55 PM


Ah, reminds me of an old Manfred Mann album title, "The Roaring Silence".  Powerful words, the reader can't help but feel the ache.


Michael

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13 posted 2014-07-26 01:57 AM


Touching. There is no breaking of the silence; it is too loud.
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