I stood silent, listened
tried to figure out why you only ever whispered
and finally heard it:
the roars that drowned you out
so constant they faded away
You never whispered—you were screaming
but screaming was nothing new
and it wasn’t until the lions held their breath
hoping they’d done enough
that you wolves cast off your sheepskin cloaks
and bared your teeth against the pride
Finally your voices able to tear apart the sky
and this time all it took to shake the earth
was a whisper
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Image by Albrecht Fietz from Pixabay
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15 responses to “A Whisper”
Brilliant 🙂
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Cheers (: hope you’re well
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Very well thank you 🙂
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Sorry not to comment on the poem but that picture freaked me out and I couldn’t figure out why until I realized the moon was IN FRONT OF the clouds. I’ll be screaming if I ever see that out my window!
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Ha! Totally didn’t notice that. Should’ve guessed it was photoshopped! Cheers
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WOWZA!
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(:
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Wow the end gave me the chills…beautifully written =)
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Thank you! Cheers (:
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Great work 👍
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Thanks so much! (:
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Thank you
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Awesome… 👍🏻👍🏻
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Cheers! (:
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