Munira, this poem is dedicated to you, coz it came to me after our conversation yesterday 🙂 It’s a thought that repeats itself to me ever so often, in the midst of the busy days and overwhelming events that threaten to run riot. Silence IS truly golden. Essential, life-saving, energizing and rejuvenating! We could all use a bit of quiet in our lives, nah?
So here goes! It’s the first time I’ve abandoned rhyme and not been disgusted with the result 😛 Hope you like 🙂
Silence is Golden
Buzzing like bees in my head,
A million thoughts,
Like scrambled eggs and mindless static,
Bubbling white-hot, in molten frenzy.
Amidst the chaos, a slippery thread…
Slim & tenuous…of sanity.
My own personal SOS to the cosmos.
Help it signals, Listen…
Help me unscramble, cool and simplify
this anarchy.
Breathe, it says. A voice or is it just sound?
Inhale! And I do.
Deeply, without reserve, with confidence.
As if my breath were a cleansing breeze,
A luminous zephyr piercing the dark.
At first, Nothing.
No sudden bursts of clarity,
No jagged bolts of enlightenment,
Again. Breathe. Deeper, with abandon.
Watch. Wait. Surrender.
A slow shimmer on the horizon,
Dream or reality?
A gradual glimmer of hope,
Illusion or fact?
The beginnings of a magical dawn? Perhaps.
Watch. Wait. Surrender.
Yes! Yes, I do believe!
Silence. Golden. Peace.
– Harsha
Munira is a fellow Sagittarian & a sensitive, talented, witty writer! In the words of Anne, ‘A Kindred Spirit’ 🙂 She lives in Karachi, Pakistan and offers a slice of her life and times through her blog Munira’s Bubble. I love her tag line – Have fingers, Will Type! Enough said. Do check her out at the link above 🙂
Happy Weekend People!
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