AWAKENED SILENCE

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Listen, and tell me...what do you hear?

Only silence....

No voice to recall and reminisce of past happiness 

Only the utter stillness awaits, to greet me with open arms

As winds lie motionless and the waters placidly still

These utterances are said often but never heard 

Come and witness the beautiful voicelessness of a songbird 

It refuses to sing for the ignoble...

What mockery is this? 

A stranger's name written in the great book, instead of mine

I shall not stand idle with a held tongue!

 And just who is this stranger sporting a rather, insidious grin?

Perhaps, it would be wise to cover your ears, because the breaking of my silence is about to begin...

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