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wordancer
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since 2000-07-30
Posts 809
VA

0 posted 2000-12-24 02:37 AM



Sounds of silence ring, loud
echoes through my mind
speaks more clearly than
the unspoken words
lost in space and time.
Lonely. . .
is the heart that seeks,
knows only where it has been;
guiding lamp held high, moves
in the hands that tremble
across the cold dark night;
where each step moves forward,
the last step disappears...looking,
back I can only see nothing.
Solemnly. . .
the mournful future tolls,
reverberates through the soul
with the sounds of silence.

In numb solitude I slowly wander
with a dark...mournful stride,
where bitter tears are shed, of
stated loneliness that shadows me
through cycles of endless tides.
In the glow of barren moon
ageless eons revolve, while
patiently wails the soul
that makes no noise.
Black is the night,
white is the day;
in shades of gray
hands over my face, I
listen to sounds of silence.



"Come...dance with me, into my world of words."

© Copyright 2000 Beverly A. Tift - All Rights Reserved
pegasus111
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since 2000-07-27
Posts 2219
ocala, fl, usa
1 posted 2000-12-24 06:02 AM


wonderful imagery...the heart is indeed a lonely hunter.

the woods are lovely, dark, and deep, but I have promises to keep, and many miles to go before I sleep...Frost


Wikket
Member
since 2000-01-29
Posts 340
Santa Clara, CA USA
2 posted 2000-12-24 08:57 AM


Wordancer~~Such imagery in this poem!  Honestly, I still hear 'The Sounds of Silence' in my daily life...and somehow, silence is more painful than noise.  You are not alone with your silence...I am there too!     

~~Jamie  Merry Christmas!


"Who does not love the Titanic?
...We all go: only a few, first-class."
--David R. Slavitt, 1983

wordancer
Senior Member
since 2000-07-30
Posts 809
VA
3 posted 2000-12-28 01:00 PM


peg & Wikket, thanks for the read and your so very kind words


"Come...dance with me, into my world of words."

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