Silence Sleeps Poem by Barry Middleton
Silence Sleeps
When silence sleeps,
exhausted
in the dead of night,
then watchers
turn their heads,
and night sounds
come to life.
Not heard before
while silence watched,
the murmur of the city,
the whisper of a garden,
a lover's breath,
is heard the louder
that she sleeps,
till droning
in the morning light,
she raises sleepy arms,
and sweeps away the noise
before the children wake.
so beautiful Barry! ! ! ! Such a unique and original way to perceive Silence when silence sleeps exhausted in the middle of the night. Meister eckhart the great mystic of the Middle Ages said the nearest thing to God in this life is silence when we move from silence we truly hear the lovers breath.
Thank you. I am very glad you liked it. Silence is very important to me, perhaps to all poets. How else are we to hear our own thoughts?
''before the children wake..'' ''prima che i bambini si sveglino''.. a lovely touch
Thanks. This is a poem I wrote many years ago and going through old work, I realized how much I liked it.
Beautiful. Silence has its own sounds that come alive in the dead of the night. A lovely thought.
Thank you Nosheen. This is another that I wrote long ago. Glad you like it.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/30/2024 5:16:20 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Silence is such a lovely sweetheart most sought after by the poets, philosophers and other intellectuals and which remains away from the public glare. Succinctly portrayed. Thanks, Barry.