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There’s a lot going on in the world right now so I sit here wondering what to write to you, bathed in solitude and fishing for a thought. Let the noisy silence of second hands and chirping birds lend me the inspiration needed to write. Let the calm of the rain suicide its face onto my windowsill, onto shingled rooftops, ripping puddles or perhaps it’ll just melt itself into the concrete. Have you ever just sat back and listened to silence? It is hypocritically noisy. I can hear the laughter of locust and the singing of birds as they intercourse themselves into the wind. This noisy wind. It whistles and shouts and spreads its hum across the troposphere just silent enough for us not to notice amidst the growling of car engines and groaning of electricity. If you listen closely enough you’ll hear angels sing. The language of angels is in the wind. Give me not the physical right now. Not the booming lyric of music, or the chatter of distraction. Give me focus and attention so I may snag a thought from the roaring voices of spirit and of memory hanging from the pictures on my wall. We are familiar with the sound of noise, but not the noise of silence. Not the tickle of an idea brushing past our thoughts or the seductive wooing of trees to wind. The giggling fabric against the windowsill. The peaceful lullabies of daylight. Indeed, nature has its way of suckering us out of quiet, but what a wonderful stillness.
“Let the calm of the rain suicide its face onto my windowsill”
I love it, “rain suicide” what a description. I stopped reading after that line to comment, I wouldn’t of ever put those two words together but they marry well together.
Nice post.
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Thank you
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Ah, beautiful.
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Thank you 🙂
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Nice… the birds singing is calming and inspiring! As for myself, I love to walk in the Woods with my moleskine… take time to praise Mother Nature… look closely to each of her her creations… and get inspired! Have a lovely day :-)claudine
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The birds are calming aren’t they? They like to sing right outside the window to my office. I be all like, awwue lol.
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I find solitude to be VERY necessary!
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Indeed.
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😊
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This is just beautiful. Sometimes I forget how noisy city life is. And then I go out into nature and feel sad that I never really get to sit in silence (noisy, noisy silence).
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Thank you and so true.
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“It’s hypocritically noisy.” That line is wonderful. Nice job.
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Thanks, love. And thanks for leaving a comment on the table 👍
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