THE BEAUTY IN MY SILENCE

"My personal hobbies are Reading, listening , and silence"

As is the case, most times, its the question rather than an answer that is intriguing. I was asked "Why are you silent?"...It got me thinking... What is, why is, Where is silence? And as i got sucked into the thought process, I realised it has a different meaning for different human beings. I delved deeper and came out with words which describe silence. I wondered; we have comfortable silence, utter silence, numb silence, hushed silence, pregnant silence, musical silence,impregnable silence, disturbing silence, deathly silence..blah blah blah. Something told me , these are all worldly and physical. I need to search for that silence which has no adjectives..Hmmm...Click...Hurray, i got it....Only that silence has a meaning wherein one becomes silence itself..So if you ask me,"Who am i?" one of the many answers you will get is "I am my silence".

Thus began the search for the beauty in me, the beauty in my silence...

I tried to portray it in my short and sweet poems..tried to untangle the mystery of silence..If you are reading this post till the end, I do know of one thing; you will be silent throughout..That does say a lot about you..Minds are read without one saying anything. In silence are carried, the world`s most amazing conversations..Yes, am ready to converse with you.

BEAUTIFUL IS THE CHILD,
INNOCENCE WRIT ON HIS FACE.
WONDERING AT THE TOY SHAPE,
PLAYING AT SUCH A CUTE PACE

I LET OUT MUSIC,
HIS ATTENTION,I MUST HAVE;
REACHES OUT AT MY FINGER
AND SO SWEETLY GRABS

THE BEAUTY IN MY SILENCE, I AM SO COMFORTABLY NUMB;
I DO KNOW NOW,
THE SILENCE HAS BEGUN

"Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time."

SILENT, THE BUTTERFLY GAZES
AT A BUD, STRIVING TO BLOOM,
SILENT, THE THIRSTY EARTH WAITS,
TO SPREAD FRAGRANCE OF SAND PERFUME

MELANCHOLY CLOUDS,DARK AND BARE,
BEFORE THE STORM, LULL OF SILENCE EVERYWHERE
BEAUTIFUL THE RAIN, LOUD AND VIOLENT,
AMAZING IS THE RAINBOW, ALWAYS SILENT

THE BEAUTY IN MY SILENCE,
PAUSE BETWEEN THE SECOND`S HAND
AND ME THROWN INTO OBLIVION,
THE UNIVERSE GOES AS PLANNED

"But my words like silent raindrops fell, and echoed in the wells of silence."

AN OCCASIONAL GLANCE
JUST THE OTHER DAY,
NOTHING NOTEWORTHY
I HAD TO SAY

HER PLAYING A PEN
AND I WITH A BOOK,
OUR EYES MET
A KNOWING LOOK

DREAMS WERE SHARED
WE SPOKE FOR HOURS,
ABOUT OUR LIFE TOGETHER
AND THIS LOVE OF OURS

I SMILED COMFORTABLY,
SHE, A CONTENTED SIGH;
NO QUESTIONS OR ANSWERS,
WHAT, WHEN AND WHY

GLORY OF OUR PRESENCE,
NO WORDS SPOKEN;
THE BEAUTY IN OUR SILENCE,
THE SILENCE UN-BROKEN

"Fools live to regret their words, wise men to regret their silence”

PAIN IN YOUR FACE,
WHY DO I SEE?
"IS SOMETHING WRONG?"
O, MY DEAR BUDDY

I PROMISE YOU,
SILENT I WILL NOT BE,
STAND UP AND FIGHT,
I WILL, WITH GLEE

TROUBLED HEART IF IT IS,
SILENT I WILL BE,
LISTEN TO YOU ALWAYS,
I KNOW YOU TRUST ME

THE BEAUTY IN OUR SILENCE,
PRESENT IN THE SPACE;
SHARING HAPPENS AT EASE,
WHILE BODIES EMBRACE

“Do not too hastily conclude that silence is indifference. Indifference is not to care, not to act, not even to think or breathe. Indifference is inhuman and inhumane. Silence, on the other hand, is almost always premeditated, a willful act. Without silence there would be no sound.”

AM KNEELING DOWN,
HANDS RAISED TOGETHER,
PRAYERS BUSY COMMUNICATING,
OVERWHELMED BY THE GRANDEUR

THOUGH SILENT, HEARD
IN EVERY SOUND,
MASTER OF TOTALITY;
UNSEEN, YET SEEN ALL AROUND

I ALWAYS SEEK YOUR GUIDANCE,
O GOD, TOWARDS THE RIGHTEOUS PATH,
THE BEAUTY IN MY SILENCE,
SAVE ME FROM ALL WRATH

"The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words."

SILENCE DROWNS ME,
IT NESTLES IN MY SOUL,
MY BRAIN CHATTERS AWAY
AND MIND REMAINS COLD

SINCE BIRTH, DEEP IT DWELLS,
IT DOES HAVE A ROLE;
ME; IT KNOWS SO WELL,
SILENCE; ALWAYS PRESENT TO CONSOLE

SILENT,SILENCE GAZES AT THE FUTURE,
MY TEARS ARE SO DRY;
SILENT, SILENCE RELIVES THE PAST,
LEAVES A TWINKLE IN MY EYE

THE BEAUTY IN MY SILENCE
THERE TO STAY FOR LONG,
SILENCE IS JUST A MELODY,
LIFE, A BEAUTIFUL SONG

I have so much more to convey, but i guess I`ll have to end, 'the beauty in my silence'..I leave you here in the company of my thoughts.Hope, my silence inspires you to no end.. To sign off..

"In the womb of absolute silence resides all my creation."