Silence

This blog post completely snuck up on me. I wanted to do another playlist but I’ll just save it for next week. For now, enjoy this poem that I wrote from last year. I remember being so proud of this poem. It was the first poem I ever submitted for a writing competition. I wrote this one day after school. I just joined the literary magazine at my school. The teacher asked us to bring a poem in for workshop but I’d never wrote a full poem before. All my other “poems” were 4-5 lines and complete trash. This poem just came to me. I’d been feeling very active lately and I needed my peace and quiet. The girl in the poem is me but also the girl in my head. It sounds weird but it’s just the voice in my head. I see her as this girl and its like two people in my head at once. I’m okay I promise lol. But here’s my poem, “Silence”, I’m thinking about going back and working on this poem again but let me know what you guys think 🙂

Silence

The sunlight shines through the cream-colored blinds.
The birds have a steady tune that bounces from a crescendo to a low decrescendo.
The lively tree branch taps on her window, begging for her attention.
The two lively squirrels across the street have an on-going game of tag. If you listen close enough you can hear the squeals of excitement between the two.
The grass shines bright, almost as if each blade had a mirror on it, reflecting the happy sun.
The concrete shines with the shadows of the sun, while it dances a wild tango.
The people laugh and shout out in joy while they bask in the temporary weather that won’t show itself for another two months.
And yet, she sits upon her bed with a frown upon her face.
Voices scream around in her head. They won’t stop. They only get louder and louder and louder.
They become so loud she can’t hear the one voice calling her name.
The one voice that will lead her into the light.
The one voice that will let her hear the squeals of the two friendly squirrels.
The one voice that will let her hear the persistent tapping of the tree branch.
The one voice that will lead her to the one thing she truly wants.
Silence.

Author: Morgan Love

Just a girl trying to find out who she is :) Follow me on this journey of MSA and hopefully this will help you just as much as it helps me. xoxo

3 thoughts on “Silence”

  1. I would love to see a further development of this. I really like the parallelism at the end, and the description was so lovely. You know me and descriptions; I just have to morph into a geeky mess. The last word was so powerful, and this has so much potential (although it already is pretty good). Again, love the description.

  2. this poem is so beautiful and peaceful. I could imagine vividly the details you wrote and they created such a joyful scene. The end was also something I could imagine as I feel like I experienced it multiple times. This poem is truly brilliant. thank you for sharing:)

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