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Hallelujah - From the Mouth of Babes - With Silent One

The Guardian Melodic lullabies echo As heart strings strum secret chords As transcendental images appear Stargazers are lost for words Kaleidoscopic Illuminations Paint the sky in optimistic light Hope descends in serene silence Floating through shadows of the night Dancing spirits move to dulcet tunes Shadows can be seen against the moon Oh Redeemer do you hear their call? Take with you those who have gone too soon Hallelujah- Hallelujah Hallelujah- Hallelujah From the mouth of Babes To hallowed ground we trip hand in hand A new chapter to embrace in its splendour Ring out voices on notes sweet and clear To the universe our souls will surrender Fragments of the past spun into flags of freedom Our Victory March erased from strife Away with the racing winds ever so bold Singing Hallelujah to hail a new Life The lighter the air the higher we climb No more the fetid chitter chatter To the fading strains of a repetitive tune Not broken -We rise - We matter Hallelujah-Hallelujah Hallelujah-Hallelujah The Guardian Cyber conducts no hateful words Whisper soft winds only of love Ring euphonious echoes of Rapturous joy While Heaven beckons from above Finally free from those who judge, Eyes glow as laughter begins to vibrate Running together through fields of freedom Babes hum rhapsodies that liberate. From the mouth of Babes Jubilous our shouts as onward we go Skipping, laughing as each other we chase Heaven embraces as we run to her arms Soothed we feel in her cocooned embrace Dissipate grey clouds from this Promised Land Our Hallelujahs peal out sweet and light Celestial Symphonies reach a crescendo As the stars twinkle lustrous tonight Hallelujah-Hallelujah-Hallelujah-Hallelujah Acknowledgement: My deepest appreciation to Silent One for his contributions and collaborating with me to bring this message of Hope to parents and loved ones who have suffered the extreme sadness through loss of their innocent children and the dark despair that follows. Tragic as their loss is, this poem is to offer solace and perhaps help them understand their child has not totally gone. In ‘Hallelujah - From the Mouth of Babes’, this is what I envision it to be beyond the void of criticism and bullying, where Ethereal beings welcome them back to another innocent realm where they readily resume childlike exuberance. Perhaps, they will return in another time away from their dark experience.’ For my friend Kate Pennington an amazing lady dedicated to helping the youth in ‘Beyond a Joke’ Anti-Bullying Center, Australia, for whom I wrote ‘Starry Starry Night’ some time ago. Copyright © Maria Williams/Silent one | Posted July 2017 POTW 9th July 2017

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Date: 3/29/2018 3:30:00 PM
Now I am silent <3
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Yazmin Malik
Date: 3/29/2018 3:30:00 PM
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Date: 12/19/2017 9:58:00 AM
Maria ... as you mentioned this piece in your comments on SO's poem today ... I went to look it up. I am so moved by this beautiful write. I can only empathetically imagine the pain but I instinctively know there can be no greater loss. The serenity painted in these words of the beyond are indeed comforting. An amazing collaboration and so perfectly matched! And I abolutely love the music you have chosen. Always a beatiful song... but on a violin ... just wow!
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Maria Williams
Date: 12/20/2017 7:07:00 AM
Thank you Judy for your visit and your comments. It is sad indeed when this terrible loss happens. I just hope that the people left behind can take solace in what I tried to portray...Maria
Date: 9/20/2017 5:29:00 PM
Maria - Little can compare with art in acting as a balm to the sadness of loss, particularly of a child. For myself it was music - Ravel’s ‘Pavane for a dead infanta’. Your poem takes a situation of great sadness and transforms it to acceptance and optimism. This is only effective because of the art with which you created it - the quality of words, images and form, and harmonics that produce sympathetic emotional and aesthetic vibration. Congratulations on this beautiful, valuable creation.
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Date: 7/26/2017 9:09:00 AM
A gorgeous poem with glorious words, phrases and lines! I don't know how you do it (write like a master poet), it's hard to envision the way you do. And bravo to Silent One as well. Loved the music too!
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Date: 7/26/2017 9:51:00 AM
Thank you so much Thomas, what lovely words of praise you bestow on us. I really appreciate your visit and lovely words ...Maria
Date: 7/25/2017 4:44:00 AM
Hello Maria!! Congratulations to both you and Silent One on the POTW honor here, and on this truly magnificent collaboration on this splendid rhyme. Very Beautiful and Very Uplifting!! A FAVE!! Again, my Best Wishes!! Cheers, Gary
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/25/2017 6:47:00 AM
Thanks so much Gary, as always I do appreciate your visit and lovely comments. I'll make sure to pass it on to S1. He really is a brilliant poet isn't he? Thanks also for favoring it...Maria
Date: 7/16/2017 7:30:00 AM
Such an uplifting piece you two composed, congratulations on your high placement for best new poem, well done...
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/16/2017 9:30:00 AM
Thanks so much Charlie for your visit and lovely comment. I think it must be the theme, because it also got POTW.I think a lot of people favd it......Maria
Date: 7/15/2017 11:44:00 AM
Excellent choice for POTW, was an honour doing a collab with you, and I am happy I could meet up to your standards. Brilliant!
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/16/2017 1:32:00 AM
Come now, you know well that you gave it that brilliant edge that it needed. I thank you my friend S1 for collaborating with me. So good to see it being given the honor it deserved. Good to see also that it is read all around Australia as we speak....Maria
Date: 7/14/2017 7:23:00 AM
What a gorgeous and life-affirming work ... I love this, and it should be shared with the world. Extremely well-penned and thoughtfully phrased ... a winning collaboration, that's obvious. Congrats on POTW! :-)
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/14/2017 7:52:00 AM
Thank you on behalf of S1 and myself Greg for coming to my page and for not only your appreciative comment on sharing it to the world, but also for your Congratulations. You are an excellent poet and lyricist yourself. I have seen your work and will make a comment. I notice we share line honors on the Poems Best New page - so congratulations to you too...Maria
Date: 7/13/2017 8:02:00 AM
Good morning Maria you and silent one have created something so incredibly beautiful here. So well deserved is POTW congratulations to the two of you.
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/14/2017 1:24:00 AM
Thank you so much Edward. I really appreciate your visit and lovely comment...Maria
Date: 7/11/2017 1:04:00 PM
Absolutely beautiful! Touched my heart. I'd love to forward it to my sister if you don't mind. Thank you both for this :) xoxo
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Date: 7/11/2017 9:35:00 PM
Thanks for the lovely comment and visit Akkina-On behalf of SO and me please feel free to share this. It needs to get out. Thank you for doing that...Maria xxx
Date: 7/10/2017 11:39:00 PM
A very nostalgic poem, Maria. Enjoyed it thoroughly.
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Date: 7/11/2017 12:39:00 AM
Thanks so much Afzal. So glad that you did...Maria
Date: 7/10/2017 7:04:00 AM
You have a wonderful heart... I enjoyed it...Thanks for sharing...
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/10/2017 7:10:00 AM
Thank you Arturo for visiting and for your comment. You are a great poet yourself. I look forward to visiting your page again and reading some more of your work...Maria
Date: 7/10/2017 3:01:00 AM
Back to give you congratulations on POTW to both of you! Fantastic! : )
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/10/2017 3:50:00 AM
Thank you so much Connie for your return visit and for your wishes. It's much appreciated...Maria xx
Date: 7/9/2017 8:31:00 PM
Absolutely fabulous! I just love it and praise you both for such a meaningful and needed write. Thank you so much for posting this to Poetry of Peace also.
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Date: 7/10/2017 12:12:00 AM
Thanks so much Carole. We really appreciate both your visit and lovely words Blessings- Maria and S1
Date: 7/9/2017 11:14:00 AM
"Hope descends in serene silence," and so many beautiful, meaningful lines. Congratulations to you both!!!
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/10/2017 12:15:00 AM
Thanks so much Sunlite. I really appreciate both your visit and lovely words. Yes I do agree, that line is my favorite one of S1's....Thanks so much, Maria and S1
Date: 7/9/2017 7:08:00 AM
Just to congratulate both of you! In my original comment I wrote that you deserve every honor this site can bestow! Here you are! Happy for you!
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Date: 7/10/2017 12:24:00 AM
So you did. Thank you so much Demetrios, both for the faith and the lovely comment. Its people like you that keep us here, and for that I must say a huge thank you my dear friend...Maria. xxx Ps I'm sure S1 has already been in touch. I am so grateful to him for collaborating on this sensitive issue, and making this poem what it is. Spoken from the heart
Date: 7/9/2017 5:22:00 AM
Yet again, another excellent poem, this time in collaboration with S1, though I have a feeling that you, Maria, were the instigator! This is touching, meaningful and written from the heart. The topic chosen is a modern world sad reality; the way you present it gives hope eternal to those who suffer through no fault of their own. ~ Regards // paul
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Paul Callus
Date: 7/16/2017 9:14:00 AM
I see that congratulations are in order, Maria....POTW....well done!!
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/9/2017 5:34:00 AM
Thank you Paul so much. he is an incredible poet, and I knew that neither of us were going to be able to match styles, so thats why I split parts.This poem is going to be shared in a news letter going around Australia, so hoping its going to touch many families.Frankly im quite sick of the hate going around this site, and I wanted to pick the one that I collaborated with, well. I feel that I made the right choice . Always appreciate your visits and kind comments Paul...Regards Maria
Date: 7/8/2017 3:03:00 PM
I have to keep reading this and rereading it. So beautiful.
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/8/2017 10:34:00 PM
Thanks you so much Elizabeth. I am very appreciative...Maria
Date: 7/7/2017 4:28:00 PM
Very spiritual and uplifting poem, Maria. Kudos to you and SO for such a fine piece of poetry. Love and joy always.
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/8/2017 2:38:00 AM
Thanks so much Freddie. on behalf of SO and me. Appreciate the visit very much.
Date: 7/7/2017 1:58:00 PM
Very nicely done :)
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/8/2017 2:39:00 AM
Thanks so much Debbie, so glad that you liked it...Maria
Date: 7/7/2017 7:01:00 AM
Maria & Silent This co-write blew me away...Off the scale brilliant!! Chuck
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/8/2017 2:43:00 AM
Thanks so much Chuck, both for the visit and appreciation On behalf of So and me, thanks...Maria
Date: 7/7/2017 6:44:00 AM
Morning Maria. Allow me to simply say wow. Yes, wow. Please allow me to let your words stand. There is nothing I could add. I hope this day finds you well and Silent One also. Your talent shines Maria. Have a wonderful day. Well done in its entirety with the total package.
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/8/2017 2:46:00 AM
Thanks so much Lisa, always such a pleasure to see you my friend. So glad that you stopped by to give us such a generous and heartfelt comment. On behalf of SO and me thank you...Maria
Date: 7/4/2017 6:30:00 PM
I bow to your graceful verse Maria and my Silent friend...a masterful collab...the innocent always need our help...bravo and god bless...^WW^
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/4/2017 11:56:00 PM
Oh WW, please dont bow, it is only a humble offering. Your ongoing support and visit is greatly appreciated my dear friend...Maria & S1
Date: 7/3/2017 10:42:00 PM
A heartfelt and beautiful write Maria and Silent One...So sad the cyber bullying that goes on, unfortunately we have someone who does that with his tweets daily..
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/4/2017 11:54:00 PM
Thanks so much Joseph, both for the visit and ongoing support. Much appreciated my friend...Maria & S1
Date: 7/3/2017 3:21:00 PM
Congratulations to the both of you for such a beautiful and meaningful poem! So well written and it really touched my heart :) Another favorite.
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Maria Williams
Date: 7/4/2017 11:53:00 PM
Thanks so much Heidi both for the ongoing support and visit, so glad that it touched your heart...Maria and S1
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