Listen To The Silence

Listen To The Silence

Have you listened to the silence
of the raindrops as they fall
If you listen very closely
you'll hear your lovers call

Have you listened to the silence
of your baby as they slept
Often times I've sat there
and watched and openly wept

Have you listened to the silence
after a lover’s bitter fight
They both had their agenda
each thought that they were right

I've listened to the silence
of her teardrops as she cried
I've listened to the silence
that followed her last goodbye

I listen to the silence
of my heartbeat so alone
I listen to the silence
as I cry alone at home

Have you listened to the silence
that follows joyous news
The kind that leaves you breathless
and changes your point of view

Have you listened to the silence
of your lover as they sleep
You sit and wonder at their peace
and sometimes openly weep

Have you listened to the silence
of such joy not denied,
Its screams its message quietly
that love just cannot die

Have you listened to the silence
as dreams rush though your mind
Very often they leave you wondering
if you’re stranded out of time

Silence can't be smothered
it can only be listened for
One has to understand it
to know love forever more

I've listened to the silence
of her teardrops wept with pride
Our love is true, we're one again
we've swept all trials aside

I listen to the silence
of our breathing as we sleep
Our bodies now united as one
and you my Love, I'll keep

So listen to the silence
as it speaks its quiet words
Listen to just what it says,
hearing what should be heard

Jim Dorrell
7/5/06

         I've intentionally chosen no end punctuation in this poem.  I feel that in poetry, you often don't need punctuation in the form of line end commas or periods.  As the reader reads it, they can pause where they wish, and perhaps get more out of the poem than with punctuation present.