Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Silence

It is hard
to notice and unnotice silence

Briskness is a sudden slap;
But silence is an aging melancholy
that becomes stronger with time.

It is a blankness
with looming possibilities.
Like those blank pages
after the abrupt end of a story.

3 comments:

Rukhiya said...

And silence follows!

Sameer said...

Poem represents loudness of silence.
I liked this one.

Purnima said...

Yes, Silence is hard to ignore! Agreed!