Recognizing It for What It Isn't

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Open Poetry #9

Recognizing It for What It Isn't

Chanson
Senior Member

since 2000-08-19

Posts 1559
Up Creek w/Out Paddle

0 posted 2000-09-15 12:15 PM

Recognizing It for What It Isn't

Tangible quiet but for
dimming flourescent's low hum,
the absence of creaking hinge,
mumblings of the outside.

I am a young woman, unaware.
Its texture rolls in waves over me,
Over a body attuned to noise.
Will I understand the comfort
silence has to offer? Will I make
it mine, stretch it to new heights,
grasp it from where it's hung?

I want to recognize its talent
when not expecting a performance,
accept its quiet power to lay me
down in submission.

...chanson~

Music, tonal clear & pure,
Caresses the harshest of curves.
-Song of Gesture

ma miller
Senior Member

since 2000-07-11

Posts 806

1 posted 2000-09-15 01:20 PM

interesting read ...

Will I understand the comfort
silence has to offer?

you must be in new surroundings and are growing accustomed to it ... nice

Chanson
Senior Member

since 2000-08-19

Posts 1559
Up Creek w/Out Paddle

2 posted 2000-09-15 02:44 PM

MA Miller, I'm pleased you dropped in for the read. Happy your enjoyed it!

...chanson~

Music, tonal clear & pure,
Caresses the harshest of curves.
-Song of Gesture

Wilfred Yeats
Member Elite

since 2000-08-04

Posts 2704
Wilmington, Delaware

3 posted 2000-09-15 02:53 PM

What silence? aren't the kids still at home?
are you drugging them - (seriously - I loved this - very thoughtful)

Chanson
Senior Member

since 2000-08-19

Posts 1559
Up Creek w/Out Paddle

4 posted 2000-09-15 03:11 PM

True, what silence?
I wouldn't know what it was
if it bit me in the a....rm.

Thanks for the read, Wilfred.

...chanson~

Music, tonal clear & pure,
Caresses the harshest of curves.
-Song of Gesture

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