There are days when silence
is the best gift I give myself
no talking out loud or in my head
no trying to work it out,
sort through the worst of
the world's problems, the best
it has to offer. I just need
the quiet, the stillness
the lack of words to fill the space...
this poem is a lie of sorts.
It's filled with words about
what it is not: silence.
Some days, it's the best
I can do to just shut up.
© Valerie Bridgeman
November 24, 2013
This poem is everything I need right now as I sit and carefully choose my words and thoughts around what's next for me. Thank you for this.
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