My Strength

 

Do you think that my silence is a weakness?

an invitation to take advantage

or assume you can apply man made labels

across my brow as a sign of my submission

 

While you talk and scream your truth

across the waves of the universe

you give away your knowledge and ignorance

to anyone forced to listen

 

I sit still in peaceful silence..

watching, listening, learning, growing

taking in what you discard

saving it within my glutenous heart

 

Any fool can give into feelings

sprewing emotions across the floor

glazing it over like black ice

on the cold streets of life

 

it takes strength to bridle your tongue

control your emotions

filter your responses

I control what you think of me

 

if silence is golden

then speach is worthless

words without works is dead

my silence is my strength

 

Reviews

[Kena Dawn Augustine]

Another great write. I went back to your old archives, and may I just review most your poems, they are all good. This poem sorta reminds me of my ex and I. he was like you, calm, collected, and tried not to get angry,while I would always flip out on him and become emotional. lol. but he was the kind of manipulator, i don't think you are like that. one of my fav parts was:

Any fool can give into feelings
sprewing emotions across the floor
glazing it over like black ice
on the cold streets of life

(wow) your writing gives me chills. keep it up!!!

[Meredith Leigh]

This was great! The title goes with it wonderfully, because the words are all so strong! It's really amazing. I loved it. Great work!

- Kriss

[deeps]

My silence is my strength, i love that. Such a golden thought and inspiration if we would all listen to that.
I like this alot.

[cilla]

So many times we discover that what isn't said is so much more important than what is. And so too, what you describe, in the dynamics of control in a relationship � one given to emotional outbursts � the other listening but unresponsive. The outburst will inevitably burn itself out when given no fuel to sustain it � leaving nothing but silence in its wake.

This is so interesting on many levels � but mainly because it is good to see you working on something so different. I think the last stanza is so telling. Silence maybe golden � maybe � silence may infer strength � maybe � but just as words without action are meaningless � so, too, is silence. Silence holds no value in and of itself. Ah � actions speak louder than words � yes?

Very well done � interesting work and another dimension of you.

[Masquerade]

"it takes strength to bridle your tongue
control your emotionsfilter your responses
I control what you think of me
if silence is goldenthen speach is worthless
words without works is dead
my silence is my strength"

POWERFUL MESSAGE!!

There is so much truth and "strength" in this piece. Outstanding write, you are very talented!

[Honeypot]

Whoa! I think this is my favorite of yours so far. It is very powerful and you can feel the quiet strength of it. It does take a strong person to keep quiet and hold their tongue when somebody else is spewing out everything that crosses their mind. You have said this very well. My favorite line is "taking in what you discardsaving it within my glutenous heart". It seems like the narrator cares deeply for the other one, but is just feeling exhuasted. Great job on the poem!

[BluesForTheRisingSun]

I thought this was an extremely powerful poem, the last verse especially. What struck me most were the lines "if silence is golden, then speach is worthless"
I thought this was very interesting, because silence can be so much more powerful and in my opinion, overpowering than noise and speach. I've always thought that there is no comparing the shrieking and screaming of of deathmetal music to silence.
Silence truly is gold.
Anyway, excellent write, I enjoyed reading it very much.