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DO NOT DISTURB -update

DO NOT DISTURB

It has become a quiet
world
not much spoken
little heard
and I forbear the day
with the silence terror brings,

I am a puppet on a broken string
an incongruous human machine.
I’ve lost control.
I’ve lost my hold
on pride and dignity
and it seems to me
I’ve lost myself
in my own insanity

Useless are the words
the Mind seeks
Painful are the words
the Soul speaks.
Never to be heard
are the whisperings
that silence brings.

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Ian.T

Ian.T

12 years 3 months ago

Joe

You are not in the silence, I hear you shouting in the quiet of the day, your soul is always busy learning and sometimes waiting for you to catch up.
Take care of you Joe, we have lots to do,
Yours Ian.T

loved

loved

12 years 3 months ago

till then

in silence stay
never at others mercy stay

you are a brave one
till your last day
till then silently
pray or play

with words as you are
wont to

Seren

Seren

12 years 3 months ago

Dear Joe

I really loved your poem I cannot offer anything in the way of crit, that ending is awesome

Never to be heard
are the whisperings
that silence brings.

I love the ending bravo

love your Jayne-Chloe xxx

Geremia

Geremia

12 years 3 months ago

Thank you, my Jane. The

Thank you, my Jane. The "whisperings" are getting louder.

love from your Joe

Never could I have ever imagined......

F

Frenchf

12 years 3 months ago

I in fact love quiet

And that was stimulated by your poem wondering hat it would be like to be lying in my coffin six foot underground. Sorry that you produced such gloomy thoughts by your nice write.

Geremia

Geremia

12 years 3 months ago

these dying eyes see clearly

these dying eyes see clearly now
the nature of all living things
I mourn the years gone quickly by
and hold them safe
from Time's forgetfullness
in Memory' keep