Sound of Silence

I conclude the final page of my novel,
my ears are blessed
with something out of this realm
sound is the absence of silence
silence is the absence of sound
yet there was emptiness.
seldom happens, my mind shows empty
at peace with this turbulent universe
my mind and body are tranquil.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Hawkens Avatar
April 19, 2020 at 12:47 PM
Congratulations on your win and the finish of your novel. You should be proud of both. Wonderful poem on the stillness of the mind and body.
Lange Avatar
April 19, 2020 at 12:55 PM
I think you may have the wrong Sarah. I have never written a novel, but thanks for your commentary.
Poteet Avatar
April 17, 2020 at 7:40 AM
Some who experience tinnitus, call it the sound of silence. I like your poem much better. Emptiness is the feeling I have too when reaching the last of the last chapter in a serial novel. When the author thoroughly presents the main characters, they become real and then they disappear off the face of the earth. Great write, Sarah. Congrats on your win.
Lange Avatar
April 19, 2020 at 12:56 PM
What contest did I place in? I don’t think this poem placed.
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