As the world of voice grows fainter, <br />Cheerful, merry laugh gets slower, <br />As music draws a veil about her, <br />Quite quietly silence gets closer. <br /> <br />The sound of silence ears can’t hear <br />The thrilled soul can feel it near. <br />The chanting of silence senses can’t grasp, <br />The enchanted mind can hear that harp. <br /> <br />Place your hands over your heart, <br />And feel it beat in rhythms apart. <br />Close your eyes and reach to the depths, <br />To enter the world where silence rests. <br /> <br />Silence saw the birth of worlds, <br />And calmly merged with sounds and words. <br />Melodies and noises maybe there, <br />But mighty silence still dwells in air. <br /> <br />Silence is the answer of a blushing love, <br />Before she gives her hand, like dove. <br />Silence of friend can pierce a heart, <br />And tear all warm feelings apart. <br /> <br />Silent may be a parent’s hand’ <br />Yet it bears us on this land. <br />Silent may be a wordless hug, <br />Yet it comforts more than rug. <br /> <br />Silent are feelings, silent are glances, <br />Silent are sobs and silent are smiles, <br />Silent is a nod silent is a shake, <br />Silent is a shiver and silent is a shrug. <br /> <br />Where lies and quarrels fail miserably, <br />Silence wins truly and humbly. <br />She is filled with meanings deep <br />And speaks more than words in heap. <br /> <br />Silence too speaks in voice soft <br />And prods silently with great loft’ <br />Even when language flourishes and perishes, <br />The ancient, silent language still exists. <br /> <br />Silence is not a battle cry, <br />Yet it moves depths great and high. <br />It is perhaps the loudest sound, <br />To which anything- everything’s bound.<br /><br />Maria Rose Dominic<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/silence-420/
