When The Silence Isn't So Golden

Ah, that l have known! How hard it is to remember what is most memorable! We remember how we itched, not how our hearts beat. - Thoreau

i don't say what i mean

i don't mean what i say

so i try not to say anything

not saying anything leads to loneliness

because what's inside needs to come out

needs to be heard and felt

so that we all know that we're alive

one way or another

whether in truth, gossip or lies

whether in whispers or screams

whether in chilling nightmares or sweet dreams

where raging rivers are born from trickling streams

where no one sees the cross-stitched seams

but everyone walks the same balance beams

Author's Note

"All a man's strength and all his weakness go to make up the authority of any particular opinion which he may utter. He is strong or weak with all his strength and weakness combined. If he is your friend, you may have to consider that he loves you, but perchance he also loves gingerbread." - Thoreau

Reviews

[John the Baptist]

Silence and mute are not the same. Isolation is seldom good, whether voluntary or involuntary.

[Pete]

it's a cold world. we each turn up the heat in different ways but it's temporary. i'm always amazed at people's ability to twist the truth to suit their selfish purposes. how can everyone be right - stands to reason that some must be wrong. i''m often lonely when surrounded by insincere, hurried people and happy watching birds pecking at the ground.