The Song of Humanity (Inspired by Church Bells)

I had to stop in the middle of doing other things today because the bells of the church near my home (less than a full block away) were playing an unusual song. "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkle. This song, when instrumental, is so achingly beautiful. Anyway, it made me think, and inspired me to write this poem:

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So many people

 

Floating through the wide deep ocean

 

That is life as we know it

 

Yearning to be heard because

 

We all have a voice that yearns

 

To find an un-deaf ear and we

 

Cry out when alone for someone

 

To hear our humble utterances

 

To find only silence echoing

 

Politely through a dim hall.

 

If a tree falls in a forest and there is

 

No one there to hear it does it

 

Make a sound?

 

Oh yes!

 

That sound

 

May remain trapped for eternity

 

In a bubble of hope

 

Yet the sound was formed

 

It took shape, came abruptly to life

 

Born into a thoughtless world,

 

It may not have moved mountains

 

But it moved the speaker

 

Or would not have been spoken.

 

In a cacophonous sea of word and sound

 

It is improbable to separate

 

The multitudes of voices

 

Yet they remain there- a part-

 

Integral,necessary.

 

 

 

Without each individual voice

 

The cacophony would become

 

Harmonious, yes, but honest?

 

The true sounds are the most exquisite

 

Silence yourself and you will become

 

The destructor of the truth:

 

The life and living rhythm

 

Giving poignant honesty

 

To the song of

 

 

Humanity.

Reviews

[TAO]

Wow...this poem makes me want to do things I shouldn't be doing...(dancing; I shouldn't ever be dancing). You put into words, and pictures in the mind, the voice that everyone deserves. Yours should definitely be heard... And if it isn't, then shame on the world. We should be proud to lend an ear only to hear humanity's song through you. Very, very beautiful.

...Simon and Garfunkle, huh? lol.