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Song without words

by Authearth 

Posted: 19 February 2008
Word Count: 209


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"Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still"
(T.S. Eliot)


I told my sad story to the wind and, brutal wind, It would not listen to a single word.
So I sung to the cold cruel sea,
But it shrugged off my song in the toss of a wave,
Even the dolphins refused to hear me.

I gave in and no longer cared,
And I tried hard to sit still.
Slowly, with great effort,
I learnt to sit still for short periods.

And I learnt that my insignificant song was part of a greater chorus:

“Many creatures have reason to feel sad
And who can claim to be lonelier than the sea?
Even the sun destroys itself to give life.

The beauty that exists in yellow leaves,
That glint once in the sun as they are torn from the trees,
Is all the more touching because of this.”


We should spend our lives:
Listening for our echoes
In the silence between birdsong,
Looking for our image
In the spaces between stars.

Life without suffering, toil or sorrow,
Does not exist here,
Neither shall we.
There are other songs that we must try to hear,
Perhaps we will then be free.

James Grimsby [url]http://www.authearth.com/poetscorner/topic/show?id=1406717%3ATopic%3A3143[/url]






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MarlaD at 16:47 on 19 February 2008  Report this post
Hi James..this is beautiful..
The only bit that jarred for me slightly was..

Slowly, with great effort,
I learnt to sit still for short periods.


..otherwise..great! x


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