Thoughts on Silence

Silence is the song of night
That whispers truths no words can hold.
And listening, we look into the depth
Beyond our familiar sky of stars
Whose maps men so long ago
Wove into myths to learn their patterns.
Stand now in awe that honors
The realm of night
And its paths to knowledge and beyond

Paul G. Weaver
2017

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Silence deepens
Like the gathering
Shadows of twilight.

An inner stillness
Fills the spirit,
Revealing depths
We rarely recognize.

Here questions
Need no answers
And knowing
Exceeds our words,
Leaving us filled
With wonder.

Paul G Weaver
2017

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The silence
I seek
Is not empty,
Nor is the dark
A fearsome void.
Some absence
Is a doorway
To creation,
A key to being alive.
I value my feelings
Of loneliness,
For they help me value
My friends.

Paul G. Weaver
2017

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We gather
In silence,
Seeking
The inmost
Noise
Of the spirit.
Individual
And universal,
It comes
Softly,
In word
Or image,
Leading us
Toward
The fullest
Measure
Of our being.

Paul G Weaver
2007

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I would walk
Into the night,
Wear the darkness
Like a cloak
And let
Silence
Surround me.
There
I would stand,
Listening
To nothing,
Allowing
My mind
To touch the void
Between the stars;
My spirit
Touched
By infinity.

Paul Weaver,
Winter 2007

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