Let Silence Sing Your Words to Sleep

Let Silence Sing Your Words to Sleep

A Poem by Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm
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When the night lingers seeking acknowledgement that it has unlocked your soul.......

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When the night has lingered and danced over waters
close to your words, do you wish to scream out
to the very heart of the Milky Way?
Do you set foot in the places
where youth looks back at its end,
or find yourself asking about
 tomorrow’s words while spinning wheels
 of fire that torment your days?

Do you sometimes find yourself
bound in a shower of eager shouts
 that sail by chance into nowhere’s crown,
not knowing if the sun or moon
speaks to your blood in praises
 of those sounds.  

When you find you cannot sleep
because your senses have forgotten
 how the earth and sky watches
over the ones that you love,
shielding them in the armor of your heart.  
This is when a sea of words
becomes a ghost
 predestined to help you
see your way out.

Perhaps, if you persuaded your now,
to dance over waters
 close to your words,
you would not want to fall asleep,
 but have that ghost sit beside your bed
and sing awhile.
 You might find the courage
to expose your soul
has passed.

When the night lingers seeking acknowledgement
that it has unlocked your soul,
look out the window of your roaring mind.
Listen for the silence.
 It has a rhythm that will drown
every syllable you see.
Silence is the ghost
that will sing your words to sleep.

© 2011 Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm


Author's Note

Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm
On those nights when you can't shut your mind off and you want to write everything you hold inside, let silence sing your words to sleep.........but only if you want too.......

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What a beautiful, caring poem to share. Such comfort for all who are troubled or can't sleep (I am very familiar with insomnia)
Your words are so comforting, reassurring, hopeful and filled with compassion and sensitivity. I'm making a copy of this to post on my wall

Silencing the mind they say is just before dawn when there’s a moment of complete silence where both the last singers of the night and the first of the day stop, as though holding their breath, waiting to see if the sun will indeed come again. I’ve gotten up early sometimes, just to hear that silence.

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I have felt like this a time or two, love the ending...
Beautiful Neva!

Posted 13 Years Ago


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This is what happens when sleep depravity is turned into poetic gold.

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Silence is often an undervalued commodity. I have a high respect for it, and seek it like an old friend sometimes. Lovely descriptions, especially in regards to something that has not a word to say...

Posted 13 Years Ago


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a playful adventure of words that dance in beautiful imagery....well done.

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Beautiful use of words and imagery, magnificent :)

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Neva Flores Smith - Changefulstorm
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Hello, I am Neva, 4i, from Atlanta, Georgia. My latest book and videos: My latest book - Mailing Letters to the Moon rm_f1st('6','182','true','false','000000','av2j3.. more..

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