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Kizin-of-kaplumba — Silent Samurai
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Published: 2015-02-23 17:40:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 567; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 0
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Description
You wield silenceLike a blade.
But who does it cut?
The absence of words
Is a language in itself,
One focused on emotion
And the soft but deadly things
That grow in the spaces
Between words.
And I cannot decide
Whether you wrap the silence
Around your shoulders
Like the comfort of a scarf
Or whether the silence
Slivers into place
And tightens its hold
Like a noose,
Cutting off sound
And breath
Until the stutters
Of broken letters
Are taken up by your heart.
Do not let the silence
Infect your organs.
I would be lost
Without that beat
To guide my footsteps
Home.
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Comments: 3
Silence is indeed many things. It's gold, it's poison, it's powerful, it's weak. I like it. Makes the thought race.
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There are so many layers to silence, so much can be said in the pauses between words or when a voice looses strength, and yet so much needs to be said in the moments when breath hitches and voices catch and the moment passes with nothing being said. Makes me think, makes me pause.
And I'm glad you like it, thank you for the fave, it makes a lot
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