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Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

0 posted 2003-05-16 12:55 PM

like I said, the more introspective stuff. . .

silence does not echo

for silence to echo, it must first speak
it must speak in that psychic language
whose lexicon cannot be taught, but must be learned

silence does not speak

for silence to speak, it must first have a voice
a voice to carry itself across the domestic chasm
one that seems to grow wider and wider as final nights descend

silence cannot be heard

for silence to be heard, there must be ears
ears to filter out the noise of questioning existence
and to know that what is not said is not what is said

silence does not echo

for silence to echo, there must be walls
walls to lengthen and widen the sound of light
and, for a time, to hide what need not be seen

but, there are no more walls
nothing more to hide from the searching silence
nothing more for it to echo off of
when there's nothing left to be said
nothing left by the final realization that the silence had quieted

and that I can only feel the rain

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Cpat Hair

Member Patricius

since 2001-06-05

Posts 11793

1 posted 2003-05-16 03:27 PM

nothing more to hide from the searching silence
nothing more for it to echo off of
when there's nothing left to be said
nothing left by the final realization that the silence had quieted

and that I can only feel the rain

bravo Sven.... an ending of reflected light...and insight one might feel between those drops of rain...

I enjoyed!

Local Parasite

Member Elite

since 2001-11-05

Posts 2527
Transylconia, Winnipeg

2 posted 2003-05-18 09:42 PM

It has an optimistic ending... right?  Happy?  The silence was a bad thing?

I think I get it!  I think I do, but really, I'm not sure.  I'm never really sure, heh, but that's the kind of poetry I like... the makes-you-think poetry.  Seems to me like the "silence" is just constant doubt, it's disinterest and disbelief in one's surroundings.  When it's gone, you can hear the rain... because you can appreciate it.

Argh, makes my brain hurt!  Sunday night shouldn't do that.

Thanks as always for the contribution...

Parasite

Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
~Percy Bysshe Shelley

Sven

Member Laureate

since 1999-11-23

Posts 14937
East Lansing, MI USA

3 posted 2003-05-19 12:34 PM

Ron, thanks. . . glad that you enjoyed. . .

LP. . . you're getting there. . . glad that I could make you put that cap on and really think about this one. . . remember, it's introspective. . .so. . . I hope that helps. . .

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Temptress

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Member Rara Avis

since 1999-06-15

Posts 7136
Mobile, AL

4 posted 2003-05-28 05:18 PM

Hmm....
I disagree...but I still love this.

Also...there is a part that made me think that anything learned has had something to teach it even if it isn't what it usually is...so anything can be taught.

lol...hope that makes sense.

Me

You could hurt me with your bare hands. You could hurt me using the sharp edge of what you say. JEWEL

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