I am currently thinking about how I will evolve and where. It’s become obvious to me I need to move on (both for my own growth and because I cannot stand the routine, have gone way above my limit of round-trips to this business park I both hate and love.) It’s frustrating that I know […]
Tag: Growth
Silence
“Silence is a true friend who never betrays.” – Confucius
“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” – William Penn
“Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music.” – Marcel Marceau
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Silence
That is not what
She is saying –
Music – a passion
But silence – silken, warm
Comforter, blanket, cape
To withdraw –
The cocoon where
Creativity germinates freely
Where her mind
slows its frantic pace
From chaos to
Inspiration
Repressed mantra
–
Silence – her fortress
It has her back
Shelter from the storm
She hears the predator coming
The clacking of her heels
Rattling of keys
Always different from other disasters
Silence, sounds its warning
Flight, the favored response
Hushed cantata
–
Soldiers
Recount lying in wait
As the enemy approaches
Rubber sole alarm
The heart skips beats
Hands quiver, mouth dry
Words, forsake her
Her litany to be alone
Quelled psalms of youth
–
Soil, secure, reticent, fertile
Where seeds finds solace,
Nourishment, sanctuary,
Strength, time – her friends
Adapting, evolving, processing
She bursts forth
Her ode to joy
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Bisous,
– Léa