Silence

March 5, 2021

Silence

Sometimes we want to be alone

To swim in the sea of peace

No sound, tranquility

Only the hum of whatever is humming

Sometimes we want silence

Quietness that allows you to think

To search for your own meaning and the

Understanding of the world

Sometimes there is too much

Noise around us

It does not give us time to reflect

Re-energise our thoughts

This steals time away

Sometimes we need to find moments of

solitude, of peace and quiet

to reflect on the here and now

Serving to face the future

A future of hope and love.

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Juliette Awua-Kyerematen

9 responses to “Silence”

Terje

March 5, 2021 at 9:01 am

What a beautiful poem! Perfect to read in the morning. Thank you!

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Denise Krebs

March 5, 2021 at 9:07 am

Wow, Juliette, as Terje said, what a perfect read in the morning. (It’s just past noon, but I think of it as morning still, since this is a weekend day for me.) I love the quiet, and I just sat for a moment taking in the quiet hums around my apartment and outside my window. Your last stanza says so much.

Sometimes we need to find moments of
solitude, of peace and quiet
to reflect on the here and now
Serving to face the future
A future of hope and love.

Yes, here’s to a future of hope and love! Thank you for sharing your heart today.

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amyilene

March 5, 2021 at 9:38 am

Yes…”to swim in the sea of peace”
Beautiful words that build a poem I want to walk into. Thank you

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cbeaulac

March 5, 2021 at 11:35 am

“No sound, tranquility, Only the hum of whatever is humming”
That’s a beautiful way of qualifying that tranquility is not empty.

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rissa

March 5, 2021 at 11:49 am

As a teacher, I honor silence and grab it anyway I can. Beautiful description of your silence. Happy Friday!

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Nawal Qarooni Casiano

March 5, 2021 at 12:11 pm

Appreciate this so much: Sometimes we want silence….

As a mother to four young kids, I feel this deeply. Sometimes we want silence.

Thank you for sharing your beautiful poem with us.

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kimjohnson66

March 5, 2021 at 10:24 pm

This is my favorite:
Sometimes there is too much

Noise around us

It does not give us time to reflect

Re-energise our thoughts

This steals time away

Amen to the too much noise. This is why I do not like going in restaurants and why I truly wish people could eat quiet foods in movies because the paper crinkling or the shaking of the popcorn against the cardboard container really irk me. It steals my ability to enjoy the movie.

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Lainie Levin

March 6, 2021 at 2:32 am

Yes. Quiet. Sometimes we DO need to close out the noise, all of the everything, and allow our selves to unfurl in the space that we create. THANK YOU for this beautiful poem.

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Radutti

March 6, 2021 at 2:35 am

Love the way you circle back to ‘sometimes’ – four times, and by the time I get to the 4th time I really am feeling the solitude and quiet.

Hope you were able to carve it out! 🙂

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