THE REDEMPTION OF SILENCE

No one appreciates you when you are not there

Noise and confusion everywhere

They don’t know you are still here

 

They should take time to look inside

You're not to blame for what they hide

This is the redemption of silence

In them, it is something they can find

 

People travel to distant places to find you

Not aware you are there all the time

But still, it is something more than their pride

 

They need to start feeling the stillness behind their eyes

There is nothing to make them feel so high

That is the redemption of silence

In them, it is something they can’t hide

 

People create their own spaces

Walls and carpets, alter of remembrance

With pictures of ancient faces

 

They need you more than you need them

You are the warming comfort of a friend

This is the redemption of silence

You are always there even in the end

 

You are the distant breeze

You are the echo of peace

You are what I feel no what I hear

 

The mumble of untalented boys

They don't know the value of who you are

That is the redemption of silence

There are no words to your song

 

©Copyright Thomas Dooley 2018