Silence (363 hits)
Category: Quotes & Stories -> PoetryRating: 1.75 on 4 reviews (Rate this item) (V)
Submitted by Draqus (View user info) at 2005-05-24 16:49:51 EDT
The city deadened him with noise
Of cars, and work, and talk.
Crushing, leeching, joys, and dreams,
And it was not silence.
He moved to suburbs green and fair
To seek his peace and found
That laughter chased him everywhere,
But it was not silence.
To pastures placid, resplendent
With herd, and flock, and field,
Moved he 'til history was rent
And images, silence.
But mem'ry was the thing that stayed
Inhabiting his thoughts.
And images though never played,
Still, it was not silence.
And thus found he himself inside
A vault 'neath earth and light,
Where none of senses could reside;
All was there was silence.
The only noise was blood that streamed
Through empty shell, and the
Voices that in hollow head screamed:
"We will not be silence!"
User Reviews
Submitted by Chillax (user info) at 2005-05-27 12:18:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Can't have the braindead fuck lowering the average rating of this, after all.
Submitted by shitfuck (user info) at 2005-05-24 22:12:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
Seriously, go read some Ginsberg. This shit has been dead for centuries.
PS-GO FUCK YOURSELF.
Submitted by Chillax (user info) at 2005-05-24 17:21:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
I'll not pretend I understood all of that - but it read well.
Submitted by jumpinjellyfish (user info) at 2005-05-24 17:09:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I usually skip the poetry, but this is good stuff.