The Sound Of Lonesome

Giving voice to emotion

…To you…

If loneliness had a sound

What would that sound be

Could it be the sound of sadness

Or something heard

Quite differently

…To you…

Twould it be the sigh of wind

‘Pon the windowpanes

The hiss of sleet upon the glass

Would it be the low grumble

Of distant thunder from storms 

That never seem to pass

…To you…

Could well be

The sound of a car door closing’

Shuffle of footsteps fading away

The whispered words… 

That go unheard…“Don’t leave me now, 

Please stay!”

…To you…

Could it be that silent plea

That screams from silent face

Or the haunting moans

Of bagpipe drones

That intone 

…‘Amazing Grace…

…To you…

So many are the sounds 

Of lonesome

One knows not where 

To start

But to me you see

T’will e’er be

The sound of 

…A broken heart…

Author's Note

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Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it is the sound of no sound at all.


really like the piece, David.