Blissful Quiet.

Goldfinch60



Up just after dawn

The sun shining its peace upon me,

Natures Symphony welcoming me to the morn.

Music from the radio

Complementing nature,

As it does every morning.

The words of friends read

And then the muse struck,

Calliope looking down on me

And the words started to come,

To come on the page.

I was lost in my world,

My world of nature,

My world of music,

My world of words,

I was suddenly pulled out,

Pulled out from my reverie.

A hammer was striking loudly,

Then the sound of a saw

Hiding the sound of nature.

Then the final straw

A road drill started

Drilling holes in the path.

So it had gone,

My blissful time of quiet

Had been eaten,

By the industry in the world.

  • Author: Goldfinch60 (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: August 1st, 2018 02:02
  • Comment from author about the poem: After hearing part of the William Tell Overture a couple of days ago, here is the full beauty and power of the piece which relates to the words that I have written.
  • Category: Reflection
  • Views: 43
  • User favorite of this poem: Poetic Dan.
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Comments9

  • orchidee

    Aww, your peace was shattered!
    Someone on a bus, seemed to be talking and laughing to herself. Had some phone wire in her ear. It was a peaceful ride - when she got off the bus! Horrible cackling and jabbering on it was.

    • Goldfinch60

      There are so many people around now that seem to be attached to wires, such a shame.

      • orchidee

        It was awful. you will know similar. it was like some mad woman jabbering on, and people were annoyed on the bus.

      • Heartwriter

        A wonderful write Goldie!

        • Goldfinch60

          Thank you Kat, most kind.

        • Lorna

          That was rude intrusion! I was there with you in the quiet and then I could hear the jack hammer.... thank goodness and aren't we lucky to have our haven homes!

          • Goldfinch60

            Yes our haven homes are so important, especially in the peaceful times.

          • Michael Edwards

            I can empathize

            - great write Andy.

          • orchidee

            That drilling finished now....?!

            • Goldfinch60

              PARDON! I CAN'T HEAR YOU!

            • dusk arising

              We all enjoy the convenience of our services laid into our homes, take them for granted even.But they come in concealed beneath that tarmac highway.
              One man's blissful relaxation in the comforts of home is possible because another man dug the road up!
              You could have been in bed.
              As an early riser you'll be aware of how many daylight hours are available to the working man these summer mornings. Farmers are about the only manual workers who utilise them.

              • Goldfinch60

                Yes very true da, those early mornings are precious to us but thankfully the noisy ones do not start until after 7:30 am.

              • BRIAN & ANGELA

                Thanks ANDY for anther spell o' Guillaume Tell ! The Good Book says there will 30 minutes of silence in Heaven ~ but never again on Earth ! There is sound that soothes (like Sinding) but most 21st C sound grates. Thanks for caring ~ Yours B & A

                • Goldfinch60

                  we may not be able to find silence but I can get to chose which noise I would like to here be it music or natures symphony, it is the intrusive noise that can annoy someties.

                • w c

                  Very nice, G. My peace is often interrupted at the drumming of a pileated woodpecker on an old hollow tree!

                  • Goldfinch60

                    That is part of natures symphony, nothing wrong with that in my book wc.

                    I had never heard of pileated woodpecker so looked it up, it is quite a big bird isn't it? i bet it does make quite a noise.

                    • w c

                      yes, G. the pileated woodpecker is a rather large bird and can really drum out some decibels. there's no mistaking them with other woodpeckers.

                    • Poetic Dan

                      This was brilliant and ending was just superb. "1st" world problems huh

                      • Goldfinch60

                        Thank you Dan. Yes certainly 1st World problems.



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