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Written - 1st June 2025

Hear all, see all, say nothing, like the three wise monkeys.

 

 

 

Silence Listens

Find fortitude and strength when life gets tough
Keep going when the future's looking rough
Step back from those whose only claim to fame
Is deceitfully blackening your name.

Sadly there are those who will bring you down
Turning smiles upside down and brows to frown
They’ll get their comeuppance, yes that is true
For God knows exactly the bad they do.

He will look out for us, no matter what 
Some things are certainly never forgot
So live in the peace that's truly deserved
Enjoy each moment, forget someone's curse.

Silence listens when one’s being back stabbed
One day those guilty will get their own back.

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Rowena Velasco Date: 7/21/2025 4:31:00 AM A strong, hopeful poem about resilience and justice. Loved the wise monkeys imagery and the comforting rhythm. Powerful message! Login to Reply

Victor Buhagiar Date: 6/2/2025 2:34:00 AM Dear Beryl, I have noticed in your poetry that some one stabbed you in the back. We all get them. think I got seven. Never wrote back nor blocked anyone. I just ignore them and I am not going to stop writing although my muse is weak. You do the same. Forget and forgive and leave the past behind. Continue with your wonderful poetry. Give my regards to Read. Great hugs and always in my prayers. Victor Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 6/2/2025 1:28:00 PM Dear Victor, thank you so much for your concern and the great hugs, just what I need. Hugs returned. Beryl…… See Soupmail

Silent One Date: 6/1/2025 11:31:00 AM This must be a contest, as I've seen a few write for it.. I love that ending.... I hope people do get the chance to get their own back.. Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 6/1/2025 3:36:00 PM Thank you Silent One, what goes around comes around, I too hope this person gets her own back… Beryl

Paula Goldsmith Date: 6/1/2025 10:59:00 AM What a powerful "Silence Listens" write you have here. Great Ending... "Good Luck" Have a blessed day writing away......... Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 6/1/2025 3:31:00 PM Thank you Paula, have a wonderful, blessed day yourself… Beryl

Susan Ashley Date: 6/1/2025 10:28:00 AM Dear Beryl, you capture the angst of 'what goes around, comes around' with poetic finesse. I loved the rhyme pair of "what/forgot" - ingenious! It's too bad that some people treat other people the way they do. Indeed, one must "Find fortitude and strength when life gets tough". Warmest wishes, my poet friend.. ~Susan Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 6/1/2025 3:29:00 PM Thank you dear Susan, it’s so hurtful to know someone has been slandering you when all you’ve done is try to be kind to someone. They have to live with themselves, though I guess the hard hearted don’t give a fig, as long as they can have a dig… Beryl

Anne-Lise Andresen Date: 6/1/2025 7:56:00 AM - "Sadly there are those who will bring you down Turning smiles upside down and brows to frown" ... we have to try to turn their thoughts around with positivity ... we all need to listen to the silence - A lovely poem, Beryl :) - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs Login to Reply Beryl Edmonds Date: 6/1/2025 9:23:00 AM Thank you Anne-lise, it was a friend’s carer. She has been apprehended by the manager of the apartment block, told to do her job and not send malicious gossip about anyone to their client’s family… Beryl