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'my Hunger For Silence'


 "And you, O my Soul, where you stand,
Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space,
Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing - 
seeking the spheres, to connect them;
Till the bridge, you will need, be formed - 
till the ductile anchor hold;
Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, 
O my soul."  (Walt Whitman, 1819-1892, A Noiseless, Patient Spider)

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silence is like a beautiful flower
a rose blooming within my heart. . .  
true silence is not about turning off the noise of life
like the television . . . radio . . .  music
or turning off the computer and cell phone but it is more
it is the hunger of being just me
and having my own secret quiet-  silent place
for me it all happens with meditation
meditation means bliss . . . 
it is not something that is happening outside me
but deep within . . .  it is a hunger I must feed often
I will call it an "inside" spiritual journey
a journey toward silence
I cannot take you along with me
or share it with you
you must make your own journey . . .
all connection with the outside world is broken
and all bridges back seem gone
the whole world disappears
it does not exist in my silence place
I think of my yoga mat as a magic carpet
that takes me where it will 
the silence is profound  . . . 
yet there seems a wind blowing me up and away
no worldly noise penetrates
I need courage . . .  I must let go of all fear
and I float to the center of my mind
where I am a bird singing in the distance
just singing . . . 
I am a cloud full of rain ready to burst
then, I am the rain falling
I am a flower with petals opening in the sun
and I drift on a smooth ocean heading for my true north
in utter and beautiful silence . . . 

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July 22, 2019


Poetry/Free Verse/'my hunger for silence'
Copyright Protected, ID 19-1223-382-02
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.


Submitted to Strand Select D Contest
Brian Strand

Third Place

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Quoth Theraven

Date: 3/5/2020 10:34:00 AM

Dear Heart, You shared a wonderful write found in that silent space. Inspired by your lines 'I am a cloud full of rain ready to burst then, I am the rain falling'. -Richard

Constance La France
Date: 3/5/2020 10:55:00 AM

Richard, thanks for visiting my poem, I love those lines too, it is amazing what comes to me during meditation _ Constance

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 2/6/2020 6:04:00 PM

this is utterly wonderful, Dear Heart. How inspired you were with this write. A fave.

Constance La France
Date: 2/7/2020 10:44:00 AM

Andrea, thank you for visiting with "utterly wonderful". I do love this poem so much and was very inspired the day I wrote it, thanks so much for the FAV, that means more than any win in a contest _Constance