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No guest

No guest

Silence is no guest
in this life,

It is the water
that cleanses;
the breath that clears

the dust from the day.

I always put
every spoken word
on a wobbly stack,
each sentence I’ve heard
on ten others,
never archiving them

until I am home again
seated on the lap of silence.
Ā 

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Gwendoline

This is quite the mindful write. How often do we sit back after a day, and reflect on the clutter in our minds. Really beautifully depicted in this wonderful almost like a meditation, poemĀ 
Gwen :)

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John Loopstra

Thank you, Gwen, the Lady knows I have over forty adult years experiences in cluttering the mind and only a few years of de cluttering in silence😁

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The fish of the sea

Such an intrinsically deep poem John. Language, how it has evolved, how we inspire each other. Really it is an infinite loop am I right. Such a thought provoking read here. Just had to pin

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John Loopstra

Hi, Max thanks again. To think I wrote this late at night and almost dumped it for it seemed too light, too simple... Luckily I had a good night's sleep and a little help from the wife disagreeing with one detail in the translation (it's originally Dutch)... Have a good dayšŸ˜„šŸ™

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John Loopstra

Hanx, and indeed silence can be deafening, drowning our all daily noises. There is way too much unnecessary noise in the world šŸ™

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