"Better a fallen rocket than never a burst of light."
~ Tom Stoppard, The Invention of Love

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Original: The Silence (2012)



I forgot to post my usual end-of-month poem on Thursday, so I'm giving to you now.  Short and sweet today.

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The Silence

I’m the silence, not the song –
Am I more the lull in the conversation
Or the still air muzzled by the morning chill?
Am I the moment of held breath between the song and the applause,
Afraid to break the spell?
Wouldn’t you like to know?
Too bad – the silence doesn’t tell.

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