Rarely do we quell words that
arise in the midst of pause,
too often we graffiti
such a silence with
meaningless talk,
blurt out words
without clear intentions,
scar potential harmony by
babbling back and forth,
back and forth
But sometimes we
befriend the pause,
allow quiet space to open,
listen for common ground
expressed in silence
Top image by suju-foto, bottom image by Skitterphoto, both courtesy of Pixabay
Wind Rush 
A pause that refreshes…
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Thank you, Dan. Sometimes silence expresses the most. Thanks for stopping by.
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You’re welcome.
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Beautiful poem LuAnne ! I could not sgree with you more. Thnk you for sharing your thoughts !
Your friend,
Marc
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Thank you, Marc. I appreciate your comment. Hope you are doing well and having a great new year.
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Beautiful poem and it is nice to be silent at times.
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Thank you, Kamal.
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Welcome dear LuAnne 💕
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A lovely array of beautiful words, LuAnne, celebrating the serenity of silence.
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Thank you, Jet.
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Wise perspective. And “graffiti silence with meaningless talk” is soooo descriptive of a soooo pervasive tendency. A phrase I’ll carry and strive to heed!
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So good to hear from you, Jazz. I hope you are well. Thank you for your kind words. I tried many verbs for that line and when I used the noun ‘graffiti’ as a verb here, it just seemed perfect to me. Thank you so much for noticing! 🙂
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Like Jazz, those words stood out to me. Very powerful.
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I have been guilty of babbling sometimes. Silence is golden, I have heard
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