Quiet: A Sestina

27/11/2020 –  Poem a Day Compilation



Do you hear the silence?

It surrounds me with tranquillity

The lull is more than peaceful

Its embrace far more intimate

And the words it speaks are hushed

Sent to quieten and to soothe



To soothe my soul with meditation

To silence the beasts in my head

To keep the voices hushed inside

To revel in the tranquillity of noiselessness

To create an intimate place within me

To be peaceful and at rest



The peaceful solitude of this moment

Will soothe the savage beast

In this intimate twinkling of an eye

The silence flows through me

A sea of tranquillity flowing over me

In hushed and unobtrusive terms



When the world is hushed around me

And all is peaceful in my life

There’s a tranquillity beyond words

That soothe all around

Because silence can speak louder

And be more intimate than anything else



It’s the intimate glance between lovers

The hushed sighs late at night

Shrouded in a silence that’s comfortable

And peaceful to be within

When a touch can soothe your spirit

And a tranquillity takes the reins



There’s tranquillity in the mundane

Intimate moments in the banal

They soothe the troubled waters

And harsh words are hushed once more

As peaceful contemplation rises

And silence spreads with every breath



This silence begets tranquillity

Peaceful interactions turn intimate and

Hushed murmurs soothe a heart that beats too fast

Let’s

26/10/2020 – Poem a Day Compilation



Let’s sit a while,

You and I,

In quiet contemplation,

The world drifting by

Without we two

As we mull over our thoughts.



Let’s care not

For material possessions

Nor ties that bind us here,

For in this moment

There is nought

But the steady exhale of breath.



Let’s be at one

With every pounding heartbeat

That echoes in our chests,

Fading slowly

Until all that is left

Is the metronomes steady tick.



Let’s allow our tears

To roll softly down cheeks

That have felt too many

While we imagine

A life that is not our own

But hope to capture.

The Apology

22/10/2020 –  Poem a Day Compilation



I’m sorry.



I don’t know what else to say.



Please, help me.



Can’t you give me the words?



My heart fills my mouth.



I can’t talk.



I want to tell you.



I want to apologise properly.



The words won’t come.



They stick in my throat.



I fear they will seem empty.



That you won’t believe me.



I’m afraid it’s too late.



Why is it so hard?



Is sorry not enough?

The Sound of Silence

07/07/2020 – Poem a Day Compilation


Do you hear that sound?

It is the sound of a million voices,

Silent in the dark,

Afraid and confused and betrayed

By the noise inside their heads

That won’t pass their lips,

That can’t be heard in the night,

That wells up inside them

And chokes them

While those with the power

To yell and scream and shout

Do nothing in this world

But make endless noise

Drowning out the silence

Of another voice lost –

Another muzzle fitted,

Another story untold –

When we desperately need to hear

And to listen

To those who are silent

To those with no voice

To those who hide in the shadows

Beyond the safe spaces and the tears

Because in this world they cannot shout

Over the static that surrounds them

And there is no blood curdling scream

Until it is too late,

(As the scream falls silent

And you wonder why they didn’t speak,

Why they didn’t cry out,

Why no one heard)

And the yelling never stops,

It never goes away

It echoes and repeats

In the silence of the forgotten;

And the terror that lives in that silence

Sucks air out of lungs,

Rips flesh from bones

And lets blood run dry

Because it has no answers

Only silence, and more silence,

And there,

In the sound of silence,

It hides, and it grows,

Consuming everything –

All that betrayal,

All that confusion,

All that fear –

Until there is only silence

And silence is the only sound.