I am here, in a reflective place, a self-imposed valley chosen specifically for thinking and being.
I am in silent, observing silence, it’s tenets, seeking truth in the echoes of what was, what is and the foreshadowing of what is to come.
I am poised with an open starved parched mind ready to capture, nourish and quench my being and in so do I share again the poem Silence.
Silence
Silence, it is required when one stops learning.
When growth is stunted,
Muted into stagnancy,
Clogging the ears,
The eyes,
The heart.
The stench of incessant noise decays,
Contaminates the mind
Suffocating oxygen,
Rutting comprehension,
Disconnecting and misdirecting,
Bleeding the psyche
Impregnating insidious callousness
An internal, external death
Shhh……
Be silent
Be still
Listen
Do some introspection
Heal the disconnection.
Get some direction
shhh...
Be still
Be silent
Get the lesson
Grow
Transform
Be
DSB Rhapsody © 2007 - 2015
love your words "stench of incessant noise" =powerfully poetic and original and stylish
ReplyDeletei used to use lots of words with "ing" suffixes in my poetry but don’t any more
the 2nd 1/2 of this nice poem sure has the style of a rap song–it does in my mind, anyway
if you’d ever like to swap e-mailed copies of our original poetry for the other to really get into, i’d enjoy that
after all, you’re the most poetic of my blog friends , i think
Blessings and thank you Richard, ever the teacher, i look forward to your input.
Deletestay blessed.
Hi my friend,Greg had quoted a Bible passage that said that the heart is the wellspring of the soul and that one should guard your heart. I asked how to accomplish that.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, thanks for your kind advice.
Good quote......Greg has a way of getting to the heart of the matter.
DeleteHey, I like this piece!! Nice, really nice!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment! Like yuh is ah Trini too, ’cause yuh have de dialect down pack! LOL….is kiss meh arse dotish dey dotish we!! No brought-up-see at all girl!!
Have a great day!
Yes ma'am Trini to dee bone!
DeleteThanks...
Much love!
HELLO MY FRIEND…
ReplyDeleteHOW DO YOU DO????
YO MUY BIEN…TE DESEO LO MEJOR PARA ESTE COMIENZO DE SEMANA..
UN BESO
ALEX
I am doing fine thank you.
DeleteHope life is treating you kind.
‘glad to have made you laugh..:-) in sync, us.I like to call Silence—- The Unstruck Music. You said it well; the need to enter the cave of introspection.
ReplyDeletehmmmmm.....i like that, "unstruck music"
Deletethanks for sharing.
Very well 'said'.
ReplyDeleteThank you T.NOtes
DeleteEven the side-note is poetic. Love it
ReplyDeleteWhy thank you Toinlicious.
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Very nice!!
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blessings and thank you kindly
DeleteLovely poem. I especially like the image of the "stench of incessant noise." :-)
ReplyDeleteThank you Jan.
DeleteI was just commenting that this was a very zen moment and my comment disappeared. Here I go again.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kay.
DeleteI got your comment.
I moderate just to ensure no abuse comes through.
Blessings, sis! This was what I needed today. It has been too long. I have been going through some personal stuff and I am trying to reach some clarity. Always great coming to your blog.
ReplyDeleteHa Sis...
Deletedo not worry (easier said than done i know) things will work out. Just remember "you are not alone," "you are enough."
I am glad the post helped.
drop me a line anything, I have a shoulder you can lean on,.
peace.