Linking with The Sunday Muse for # 14
and Imaginary Gardens for the Tuesday Platform brought to us by the lovely Sanaa
come join us!
Silence is a sounding thing, to one who listens hungrily. ~Gwendolyn Bennett
Loneliness is a song I learned in the echoed voice of large halls
searching for my own words when other's spoke nothing at all
where empty rooms held a certain grief that could swallow you whole
and windows were like distant mirrors of all I longed to know
Somehow I carried the ballad with me through years from place to place
and the words linger within me as silence within a crowded space
I remember the verse most clearly not in solitude from the crowd
but in busy public places is where it becomes truly loud.
Note:
Linking with The Sunday Muse for # 14
and Imaginary Gardens for the Tuesday Platform brought to us by the lovely Sanaa
come join us!
Silence is a sounding thing, to one who listens hungrily. ~Gwendolyn Bennett
Loneliness is a song I learned in the echoed voice of large halls
searching for my own words when other's spoke nothing at all
where empty rooms held a certain grief that could swallow you whole
and windows were like distant mirrors of all I longed to know
Somehow I carried the ballad with me through years from place to place
and the words linger within me as silence within a crowded space
I remember the verse most clearly not in solitude from the crowd
but in busy public places is where it becomes truly loud.
Note:
Sometimes loneliness can be like lightning bolts of emptiness in a world full of hurt, but in this world there is also hope. We all face certain struggles in our journey, and those struggles can be different as night and day. Mine have been childhood loss, loneliness and a yearning for normalcy in the past that I never truly had. But in our different struggles we have the opportunity to be there for each other. To lend a listening ear, shoulder to cry on, or kindness and support. Yes silence has a sound but so too does hope and I am learning hope's song like a child one note at a time.