Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE FIRST SILENCE, by HILDA DE STEIGER


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THE FIRST SILENCE, by                    
First Line: The tide of sounds and voices rolled within our life
Last Line: And in the stillness was fulfilment.
Subject(s): Death; Silence; Dead, The


The tide of sounds and voices rolled within our life.
Enclosed by pearls of words,
our whispered names were but another breath
into world's resonance.

And yet we spoke . . . although our native tongue
so rich and full was barren;
questions seemed aimless, answers wanting --
Even so, we spoke --
It was the time when love, still fearful of the coming silence,
spread words, unchosen, moving sounds
falling between suspence and revelation.

At last our struggle ceased and hushed, your hand in mine,
we watched the mountain deepen its great shadow.

Was it death bringing from the infinite
a breath of life?
Was it Eternity claiming with outstretched arms
your soul? Nay, love had rent the veil . . .
and in the stillness was fulfilment.





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