The Pauses

Between the spoken lines, there are pauses
Listen carefully to the silence
For there is a whole world of conversation
Going on between those pauses

Read carefully to what is written
Immerse yourself within those words
There is a whole chapter
That has already been published

Look deeply at the pictures sent
Galaxies are created with brush strokes
The eyes will reveal the truth

On days without communication
Think intensely about the quiet
For she is having an internal debate
About how she feels about you

Reviews

[Dave Brown]

I don't know about those pauses
they could be the result of us watchin TV and turning off the sound when them commercials interrupt, but as far as she feels about me, well it's much too late for the old girl to debate about how that's all going, because at our age, we are both going to just have to ride this one out!
PB

[Poetic Beauty]

Well there are still pause between sentence and noise that can say a lot by body language if look and listen carefully

[Tom]

Quite often its folk who say the least, say most!

Inference is perhaps the key rather than what's actually stated, cerebrally penned, a philosopher's paradox!

[Poetic Beauty]

There are many things that are left unsaid.

[An owl on the moon]

I have heard about "reading between the lines," the thoughts and feelings unexpressed in words. These pauses, these beautiful places of truth, may we learn to look for them more often. Thank you for the encouragement to open our eyes and our souls to them.

[Poetic Beauty]

I'm glad this has made you think about the pauses.

[Dr. YumnaKay]

This is fine writing indeed. I think sometimes silence conveys more than words do... But only few know how to decipher those pauses...
Beautifully penned.

[Poetic Beauty]

You are correct. Those silence are much more complicated than the word that are written or spoken.

[Samuel Dickens]

As you so poetically point out, there is far more to communicating with others than just hearing their words. The pauses, intonation, body language, and facial expressions mean at least as much as their words.

[Poetic Beauty]

You are completely correct. I'm glad you enjoyed this piece.

[andrew mitchell]

we need pauses for impact, great work, enjoyed this fine piece.

[Poetic Beauty]

I'm glad you enjoyed this piece. Communication is so much more than the words themselves.

[AYVID N]

People express so much more through silence than through words...Reading between the lines, understanding the silences...not all can or even try. those who do are keepers. Beautifully written.

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you so much. Yes there are many who can't read between the lines and some that don't want to.

[AYVID N]

You are welcome

[Melissa Kester]

This piece is amazing. I feel like this could have been written about me. You have such a talent with your work. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. Many of my poems are based on truth. I'm glad u liked this poem. I really do have separate conversations in my mind sometimes

[Melissa Kester]

Oh, I do too. It's the only way I can sort things out most of the time.

[Emily]

This is such a beautiful poem! Great work!

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. Sometimes I have edited conversations while the real ones are going on in my mind.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

oh boy, those pregnant pauses, and the uncomfortable silence for the speaker...or the subject of the poem---or both---
that pondering can be deafening.

[Poetic Beauty]

Yes the pondering can be ear screeching

[emmajoy]

I don't know why i smiled at the last line, maybe because it reads like a mystery or creepy! Logic spiritual speaks in your words.. with, in places a touch of drama to magnify what you're thinking,
' Read carefully to what is written ~ Emerged within those words ~ Is a whole chapter ~ That has already been published .. ' Food for thought indeed. Many thanks for sharing such perceptive thoughts.

[Poetic Beauty]

Thank you. That is my mind at work. I am having a whole conversation within my mind during said pauses.

[emmajoy]

Would be too complex for me!