The Sound of Silence

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A lot is going on in the world, so I sit here 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 will only melt itself into the concrete.

Have you ever sat back and listened to silence? It is hypocritically noisy. I can hear the laughter of locusts 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 amid the growling of car engines and groaning of electricity. If you listen closely enough, you’ll hear angels sing in the wind.

Give me not the physical right now. Not the booming lyric of music or the chatter of distraction. Give me focus so I may snag a thought from the roaring voices of spirit and 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 an incredible stillness.

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Yecheilyah

Writing to restore Black historical truth through fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

30 thoughts on “The Sound of Silence”

  1. “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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  3. 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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