The Defeaning Silence

An English poem about how silence calms the soul and expresses suppressed emotions the lips cannot easily utter at times.

With only the ticking of the clock on the wall

The tapping raindrops on the roof

The splashing sounds as they hit the ground,

As gray clouds hover over the gloomy sky above

Mind drifts to wander with thoughts of the distant past

A perturbed soul searching for answers,

The questions no one can even decipher.

 

The deafening silence puts me in a trance,

Makes me sail away to a different dimension

Trying to untangle confusing dreams,

That makes me lie awake in the wee hours of the night

Where am I? Who am I? Why am I here?

It is in silence that answers come rushing through,

When you can listen to what your heart is trying to tell you.

 

My mind is in a labyrinth-like maze,

Blinding lights chasing my shadow to illuminate my dark path

As I await for the Perfect Time when all these would make sense,

The deafening silence whispers his thoughts to me

Bringing me back to this chaotic reality,

My home is not here but in the heavens one fine day

When the Master up above calls me, then I can’t make myself stay…

Elizabeth Esguerra Castillo Copyright 2013

Reviews

[gabrielle]

The message I got in here is that we bothered ourselves with myriad and needless concerns in this world. if we only we stop for awhile, we will realize that all these are but temporary for in the end we will all return back to the place where we truly belong. I may not be able to get your real intended meaning on this poem but this is how your piece spoke to me. Another wonderful piece. :)

[Makatang Prinsesa]

Thanks for reading again my piece, Gab :) The poem itself asks who are we or if we truly know who we are. And in silence, during our "alone time", we get to ponder on many things, make some realizations along the way. The stillness gives us a chance to find ourselves in the process. :)