Essence of Silence

Silence...

Shh... Let the noise die out
Let the beauty sprout
Let the music be heard
Let silence b uttered...

The most beautiful words are the ones left unspoken;
The most beautiful emotion is tacit;
The most beautiful thought is nothing but a love token
For the one, you could die but not part with.

Silence is approval, silence is denial,
Silence is love, silence is betrayal,
Silent are the tears, silent is a smile,
Silent are the views spread over a mile.

Silent are the prayers that are answered in the Eden,
Silent are the rages of the angels in the heaven,
Mercy is silent and so is vengeance
No word can express mind, as can silence.

Words are misjudged,
Expressions are neglected,
But has ever been the silence
Of the young bride misinterpreted?

Shrieks go unheard,
Moans are ridiculed;
Has the silent drop trickling down the mother's eye
Been ever misunderstood?

Laughters lose their glamour,
Parties become monotonous;
But the smile of the father after his first-born arrives,
Shall always remain gorgeous.

When the chill of death passes through the spine,
When the silence's heard clear, the call of the divine,
When the blanket, so dark, so warm, is spread
To wrap us up in the silence of death,

It is then that silence is truely valued
And given the respect it has always deserved;
The aura of silence is then understood,
For death is silent and so is birth.


---Aparajita Banerjee
---Dt: 16th Jan 2008