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Into Silence

*** INTO SILENCE *** Like a child Again I have been dismissed To Silence: Where I find fawns walk splendidly soundless; Where the moon only Brings a rising Voice To converse with my heart… ———————————————————— (c) sally young eslinger 3/26/22 Thanks be to God

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Juliet Ligon

Date: 4/13/2022 4:06:00 PM

Sounds like a humbling experience. Sometimes it's there we find awe. This can be interpreted many ways to different people.

Sally Eslinger
Date: 4/14/2022 5:09:00 AM

Thank you,Juliet, for your sensitive comment and interpretation. So nice to meet you!

Unseeking Seeker

Date: 4/11/2022 7:30:00 AM

Soulful stirrings of silence suffusing our spacial heart ~ beautiful write, Sally! Enjoyed

Sally Eslinger
Date: 4/14/2022 5:13:00 AM

Thank you, Seeker, for your touching, knowing comment. Have a blessed day!

Michelle Faulkner

Date: 4/9/2022 11:34:00 AM

The silence and beauty of nature is so compelling, like the image of the fawn and rising moon, I too am reduced to speechlessness~

Sally Eslinger
Date: 4/14/2022 5:18:00 AM

A most thoughtful comment. So true. I thank you for your reading and comment. Hugs, dear friend.

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 3/29/2022 4:57:00 PM

Beautiful Sally, love the notion of nature’s sound of silence conversing with your heart… Belle

Sally Eslinger
Date: 4/14/2022 5:27:00 AM

Hi, Belle! Since last autumn, I have been concentrating on nature A LOT, greatly as being bedridden I don’t get out enough to take it for granted. :-) When we drive out going to dr.s, the trees seem SO SO various & beautiful. I Ooo & Anna’s they try to speak to me. Thank U for ur dear words.

Joe Dimino

Date: 3/29/2022 1:33:00 PM

Great writing, Sally! You are a writer's well of companionship, and inspiration. Beautiful work! A fav.!

Sally Eslinger
Date: 4/14/2022 5:33:00 AM

My dear Joe, your words humble me…I keep trying, not sure I’ll ever be able to transcribe the ineffable…. Thank you for your touching comment. xoxo sally

Joe Maverick

Date: 3/29/2022 12:17:00 PM

Very peaceful Sally, a hearts understanding .'

Sally Eslinger
Date: 4/14/2022 5:38:00 AM

Thank you, Joe. As age advances the physical, it makes life harder physically, but there has been a benefit for me of deeper spiritual perception and growth,,,fodder for poetry’s voice. Blessings gu you!