Best Silently Poems
It's been too long
I'm not going to make it
Much too long
I'm so numb I can't fake it
Will I see you again
Or hear your voice
Calling my name
It's been too long
I've been thinking about you
Much too long
Dreaming of things we would do
Is it my fate to live
Silently mourning
The dread of a heart
It's been too long
Will I ever spread broken wings
Much too long
Even Winter must turn to Spring
I'll never feel the touch of your lips
Never will I hold you
In the arms of a kiss
It's been too long....
Much too long...
Silently Mourning...
Categories:
silently, lost love, love hurts,
Form:
Verse
Look at the drops of rain
Falling silently
Glistening in the light
They make no sound
No one can tell they are around
Falling, dripping off tree branches,
A steady stream cascading, gently
To the ground below
Clear as crystal in daylight
Unseen in the darkness of night
The precious gift of water
Given from above
To sustain life
This little droplet so small
Is the source of survival above all
Categories:
silently, nature, seasons,
Form:
Every day she comes to visit her,
lifts the spoon to her thin lips.
Quietly she sleeps, silently she weeps.
Life arrested in its waning grip.
Every day she comes with hope
that something in her changes.
Silently she weeps, quietly she sleeps
The memories time rearranges.
Every day she comes and wonders,
will she wake today and speak?
Quietly she sleeps, silently she weeps
An imprisoned mind in body weak.
Every day she comes and touches
the woman like no other.
Silently she weeps, quietly she sleeps.
Maternal daughter, loving mother.
1/1/2013
Categories:
silently, daughter, family, grandmother, life,
Form:
Rhyme
Drifting between love and hate
chained spread-eagled in a tug-of-war
of extreme emotions pulling relentlessly;
her body aches ... her mind bubbling,
a boiling cauldron pleading for release.
In her parched throat a stifled scream
soundlessly quivers, then retreats
into the dark chasm deep within
cowering in the chilly dungeon
where her heart lies slowly bleeding.
Torn to shreds her dreams hang
in front of her misty eyes, blurred...
she struggles between the choice
of fire and water, courage and defeat.
A key turns...the door slams...footsteps.
His loud voice calls; her body trembles
as yet again she reluctantly succumbs
to overpowering waves of helplessness...
Silently she drowns in fearful anticipation.
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[Many women suffer in silence while struggling with abusive relationships.
This B&W picture reflects the dark mood of this poem.]
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26th April, 2016
Being Invisible Contest#2 by Skat A
Categories:
silently, abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Gazing into the heavy eyelids of the sun
In the sacred silence of the dusk
Through a route obscure and lonely
I walked on until reached before a grave yard
My thoughts curled round the forgotten tombs
Where the dead remain anonymous as dust,
And sleep dreamless through years,
Where wind whistles through heap of bones.
Here, Death sits on his imperial throne,
Mocking at the relics of human glory
Zealous with the task of clearing out the old,
To make way for the incoming ones
Marked by moss grown grave stones
Here each life is a volume closed down,
To be cast aside and eventually forgotten,
Or locked forever in the annals of time!
‘Round that colossal decay’, I stood sad
Thinking of Shelley’s Ozymandias!
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~Placed Sixth~
June.28. 2022
2022 Poetry Marathon Mile.5.Poetry Contest
Sponsor:Mark Toney
Categories:
silently, death, fate, funeral,
Form:
Free verse
“Memories Leave Silently”**
The memories leave silently
so as not to disturb the now
tiptoeing through darkening corridors
stirring only motes of hidden dust.
Sliding through the grasp of weakened will,
unfelt amid the growing numbness
now – disconnected from – then
how – in search of – why.
Eyes search the familiar – for the known
lips form words without expression
tears – devoid of sting – dry saltless
memories leave – silently.
John G. Lawless
1/16/2016
**This poem was prompted by the phrase “memories leave silently” in the poem “A Time To Let Go” written by Silent One on PoetrySoup.
Categories:
silently, age, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
Silently ~ we ~ discover ~ love
Silently
floating on a lily pad
softly atop twilight waters,
drifting a wind swept current
meandering between
pine needle shores
we
gather moon beams,
wishfully gazing upon
reflections of stardust tapestries
saturating cosmic dreams,
as the two of us
discover
whispering ripples flowing,
formed of heartbeat echoes,
tranquil rhythms weaving through
the serenity of the night
in quiet persuasions of
love
Good Night Soupers
Categories:
silently, good night, love,
Form:
Free verse
Silently it travels,
along this tree lined way
Shouldered by the softest green,
nature on display
~
Carved of destinations,
inviting is the scene
Heading off to nowhere fast,
lost inside a dream
~
Evergreen endeavors,
now heed the nightly call
Whispering on fragrant winds,
lingering this fall
~
You and I together,
love becomes the view
For nature is so beautiful,
when it’s shared with you
~
Categories:
silently, good night,
Form:
Rhyme
Hidden spirits motherland,
destructions chosen horror.
Decayed barren grounds,
ravaged territories dilapidation.
Debris leftover magnetic fields,
crawls nuclear poisons contamination.
Ruins
graphics
stand
strongly
obscure.
Categories:
silently, death, history, loss, places,
Form:
Free verse
Breath softly...as the hush falls
Listen from left to right
armed with discernment
Become as one from front to back
Free your loving and your heart
to rest in the midst of the present.
Pray that the sun and moon ascends
and descends each day with gratitude
and reverence...for we own no second of time
Each inhale and exhale is a gift...never forget
~
Learn to dance in the shoes of another,
sing from your soul without beats or lyrics;
let the words flow like flutes and bells
that trembles the leaves
Befriend the presence of the soul
for sight is distorted by the eyes alone
Become foolishly in love,
without rules or expectations.
Shout it into the wind,
then give it voice within a poem
Empty yourself inside until
there's nothings left
but the sweet of silence
and the presence of God
Categories:
silently, 12th grade, appreciation, beauty,
Form:
Free verse
Crying silently so that no one hear
The pain and fear
There right next to me they fail to see
Teardrops falling down my cheeks
Should I wear a sign?
PLEASE HELP ME
I’m drowning in my own misery
The mental thoughts I have created
have now conquered me
Every one seems to have become a reality
Preposterous imagery of life slipping away
With no one to save me internally
My soul is fighting to break free of this mental instability
While physically I’m crying
Still, again, Crying Silently
Categories:
silently, sad, me, me,
Form:
Some forty or so years ago I told a lie
received a cousins wedding invite
in my early teens so didn’t want to go
being a Saturday soccer day too right
So few days before caught a cold
told my parents wedding couldn’t go
so day came parents went to wedding
I stay in bed kidding my nose to blow
Aunt was in house to look after me
but also the dog and cat as well
I got up hour before kick off time
lay pillows up centre bed so swell
Silently secretly crept out back door
took car to game made it in time
after game silently secretly crept in
back into bed no one knows my crime
Early evening decide to get up
aunt asks how do you feel?
feel better now thanks I say
now I’m up feel real deal
Parents come back later none wiser
got off with it feel well done
by the way the game was good
my team also win two - one!
Categories:
silently, memory, silence, sports, youth,
Form:
Rhyme
It's been months I've spent by myself lonely
in this cold, wet cave without your presence.
Countless times I've spoken to you only
to find myself in a fleeting pleasance.
I rest in hope you'll fly back near the ridge.
In my weakness, the thought of you in flight,
with your sleek, midnight blue eyes, and plumage,
gives me comfort through the chill, haggard night.
Your guidance is what I remember most.
I have lived so long in the wilderness.
My mottled gray coat has lengthen almost
white in color for the winter chillness.
You fear me not with my alien charm.
I vowed to keep you safe from any harm.
11/4/2017
Poetry Contest: 'Best Sonnet
Sponsored by: Laura Loo
Categories:
silently, animal, bird, friendship,
Form:
Sonnet
In silence I seek nature’s voice,
Connecting me with other life.
To walk or hunt or fish – my choice;
I ease away from nagging strife.
If I would like a level field,
Without a road, or dam, or fence;
No bow or pole – no thing I wield,
Relying just on what I sense.
When I to nature most attune,
To birds and beasts and fish and more;
Is when I strive for peak commune,
Perceiving all that nature bore.
(Note: The original international Earth Day was held on the spring equinox in 1970, which in the northern hemisphere occurs around March 21st each year. This year, the spring equinox is on March 20, 2019.)
Categories:
silently, earth, earth day, environment,
Form:
Rhyme
In a magical world
She slides down a rainbow
Of tinkling laughter
Landing in a pot of gold.
Covered in pixie dust she twirls.
Fingers clicking, head-bobbing,
Feet tapping, humming
To a song only she can hear.
My Down Syndrome princess,
A gentle soul she has.
If she had her voice
A beautiful songbird she would be.
How I long to hear her song.
A stroke, tragically,
Stole it away
Like a thief in the night
Today her dance is loud and clear
Joy circles her like a bodyguard
Under the rainbow
Near her pot of gold.
Categories:
silently, child, dance, voice,
Form:
Free verse