silence

quiet cliche's

all the cliche's
about silence.
true.
louder
than words
deafening

dead airwaves.
I give you
no words
of comfort
no hint
of reassurance.

if you are
going to
kill
this thing,

you need
to live
with the
silence.

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I am the best damned thing that ever happened to you
By the time you admit it
I will be gone.

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FEELING THE DRAFT

if love is an
open door,
close it.

I feel a draft
and I can't afford
the hydro bill.

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reclamation project

I will not forget all the things
you helped me reclaim.

One of them was my pride.
too bad for you.

Author's Note

Reviews

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

They say silence is golden, but it does not shine so bright when it comes from someone we love… another fine piece my friend, and on a side note, love that song.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks so much. I do too. I think it fits here.

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

It fits very nicely. You are welcome.

[icelandicblue]

Both chaos and silence can be deafening but when the quiet descends we can sometimes reclaim all that that swirled around us in the maelstrom. I like your presentation of multiple poems that converge into a tableau of sentiments.

[Lyn Anderson]

thank you very much. I always wrote like this, as I have mentioned before, and then separated them later. I now have left some together that have common themes and people seem to like it. Rene seems to think it's my signature style. I still haven't mustered the courage to convert all my stuff to chapters as TL Boehm is doing to organize them better. It seems a daunting task. I have around 85+ pages since joining November last year.

[Sophy Freebirds]

I loved this piece. I am going through a same phase now. And heck yea...silence is the loudest cry.the wordplay here with filling and feeling of a draft was brilliantly crafted. Then ofcourse the reclaimation project is too good. As i have my pride back the only thing you will ever get from me is silence. This piece was just a stunner. I guess i am gonna sip less of my coffee so that the caffeine doesn't play havoc and steal my pride again. Thumbs up!!

~Sophy

[Lyn Anderson]

thanks I really appreciate you stopping in.

[Sophy Freebirds]

The pleasure was all mine :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really like that idea that you gave me my pride back, inadvertantly of course...

but yes, now that i'm gone...the silence is deafening, isn't it?
i'm louder being gone than i was being there.

[Lyn Anderson]

Thank you very much. I so appreciate your visits, and you know how much I love your stuff.

[Rene Salinas]

The process continues and through all the twists and turns that we have witnessed this is another page of the unravelling. One one hand positive as through the conflict the admittance that some lessons have been learnt. On the other well the missed chances of all that could have been but did not manage to come to fruition.

Thankyou

[Lyn Anderson]

well, just feelings really, but yeah, sometimes things don't go in the direction we wish and we feel despondent. SO THERE.:) lol and all that jazz.

[Rene Salinas]

Oh that brought a thought to me: " I hope Frieda is alright". Sorry I deviate easily...

[Lyn Anderson]

So do I. No one I know of has heard from her in a bit. Or at least they are not telling.

[AprilRN1210]

I admit, I love your pieces that you construct this way.. and oh my goodness, there is that feisty sass I love.. the ending is my favorite.. I also admit, I had to go back and read cuz my heart was like pounding in excitement the first time through.. I was like heck yea!.. loooove this song by the way.. awesome pairing!.. this is going in the favorites ma'am.. ooooh yea!.. the font changes... the spacing.. the headings that you chose to start the next.. brilliant and affecting!.. drives that sharpened point home!.. LOVE this one!!

[Lyn Anderson]

Thanks for the awesome review. D****t I drank too much coffee and am going to be tired as hell tomorrow (today)

[AprilRN1210]

girl, my sleep has been all out of whack lately too.. will send soothing thoughts your way... haha, my luck, they will get there when it is time to work and you will be zonked out!.. lol
you're welcome, you know it is always a pleasure!