Silent Words Spoken

Hmmm...

Silence…

More questions asked.

Silence…

Same questions asked.

Silence…

The gnawing emptiness
The persistent question mark
The void filling answer
Always just out of reach

Start of day
Noon time break
Thoughts during rush hour drive
Thoughts as I lie awake at night
Persistent dreams, same themes

What is this thing that pains me so?
This thing that is always out of reach?
Questions without answers
Answers self-produced no answer at all

I stare at the ceiling as if it can hear
Questions without answers
No solutions I devise sate
Distractions distract but do not resolve

Hating the quiet time, I fill my time
Events and books, cinema and songs
Loud music and drink, sweat from a beat
Eyes with the same questions staring at me

Is this all there is, is there more
Are you the answer to this emptiness within
Are you the thing that fills the void
Are you the one that completes me

Silence…

More questions than answers
Hollowness filled with more emptiness
It has no name I can recall
It is a thing that gnaws but is not fed

Silence…

“Call to me and I will come to you…”
The preacher said before I changed the channel
“Call to me” I queried “I will come”
Who is this that comes and why

New questions asked about old

Silent no more…

Answers not verbal
Words spoken through signs
“Come to me,” I called
This one they famed

Quiet questions answered
No voice heard me speak
But every one answered
Quiet questions again given

Silence… and peace

It having been answered
In a silent, whispered prayer
Make it real, come live with me

Silence… and peace

New questions asked
New questions answered
New trials of life
Hollow void filled

Peace in a storm
No chasing after things
Silent words spoken
Answering all things

C’est fini

Reviews

[Carole]

Thoughts in the form of questions can be so tormenting, can't they? Persistent dreams, same themes...Interesting. I just bought a book entitled "Understanding the Dreams You Dream," by Ira Milligan. They say persistent dreams with repetitious themes should not be ignored. God spoke to his people more in dreams than any other way, according to this author. I do remember quite a few accounts. One example of a repetitious dream was Josephs in Genesis 41:25, 32. I had always felt God speaks to us in our dreams through my own personal experience, and though I am careful not to follow them exclusively, I am learning to discern when God is attempting to show us something in particular.

[Rain]

Doc..

This is really a haunting piece. Is this all there is ? You do such an excellent job of describing the seemingly endless quest for that one answer which will make sense. Your ability to paint the sound of the silence, which we all seem to get. I loved this.
That facing of the nagging question, and the stillness we are left with. Where does the answer lie ? I think this is a very deep and thought provoking work. Again..I love it.

[V. K. Harris]

Wow That is a very intense write.I'm still in deep thought over it.

[Robert Luna]

The intense struggle of the world of the unsaid words even as much as we would like or need to say them. The unsaid words are the ones that seem to last so much longer than the ones that our said. Such a struggle taking place within this piece. Trying to find peace with no relief insight it seems.

Great flow and the words that are not said almost ring out in between the lines.

Wonderfully Done!!!

[TL Boehm]

I really concur with Helen on this one. We are better filled from within - at least this is my personal belief. Chasing the external never seems to fully satiate the spirit and you have alluded to this wonderfully in this piece. Love the repetitive lines - this is what the mind often does...ruminating on a singular thought that does not bring peace.
Nicely done without being preachy. Great poetic piece.

[Teresa Bridges]

Always searching for answers when all along they lie within us, with God.Very thought provoking piece here, makes you ask your own questions! The phrases repeated is like you not only got in your own head, but also others. Loved this!

[Sean M. Addams]

very well written... the thought process of this is done well...

[Helen Woodward]

I don't see this as having anything to do with dreams as such, it's more a quest of some magnitude that craves answers. A hollow soul that needs nurturing...I know that sometimes we think that another completes us, but I don't think we can assume that...it's a journey we must take with God, that's it as far as I'm concerned as he's the only one that can possibly complete what and who we are...If we rely too heavily on other people who are battling with their own journey...we will always remain disillusioned.

[Vanessa Whiteley]

The opening is quite strong and the repetition works well to suggest someone haunted by thoughts.

[Dezaraye]

I agree, it's a very well-written poem that really conveys the effect of the questioning. It's got a tone of desperation to it as well. I like it very much.