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The Quiet

Bill DeArmond

There is a quiet here
A stillness more pervasive than the grave
A haunting vacuum created by

the sighs of those who have known

loss

abuse

ridicule

injustice

loneliness

It is the silent emptiness

of lives whose dreams were let slip by

of lips on the deathbed that whisper

“If onlyÉIf onlyÉ”

It is the place we all visit

time to time
Life, by its nature, is not without its silences
It is a place from which some never escape

for its pull is often stronger than the will

and we slide down its banks

without even recognizing

that we are moving

Yes, there is an eternal quiet here

that lies waiting knowing patient

for it has nothing but time

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