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Alex Carr-Malcolm poet, Alexandra Carr-Malcolm, Buddhism, poetry, silent ones, UK poet, Uk poetry, Yorkshire poet
I will scour the darkest forest
and glide through mango groves
searching for the silent ones
who travel the same road
I will fight the fiercest oceans
and plunge to deepest depths
searching for the silent ones
who sing with silent breath
I will trek across the deserts
leaving no grain of sand unturned
searching for the silent ones
for whom my heart doeth yearn
I will scale the highest mountain
and dwell within dark caves
searching for the silent ones
whom I hope to find some day
I will raft the rabid rapids
and abseil from peak to floor
searching for the silent ones
whom they say exist no more
I will comb the sun-kissed beaches
and skim the silvery surf
searching for the silent ones
rumoured to roam this earth
I will search the church and chapels
and cathedral spires and tombs
searching for the silent ones
whom dwell in catacombs
I will tiptoe to the shrine room
and bow with folded hands
and here I’ll find the silent ones
my kith, my kin, my clan.
© Finding the Silent Ones 16.06.2014
by Alexandra Carr-Malcolm
Photo Credit : Arabiian
http://arabiian.deviantart.com/art/Mystical-Forest-212656024
Lovely poetry but that photo! Wow! Did you take that yourself? If so, where were to you find such a beautiful wild horse?
Thank you – no I didn’t take the photo – the photo credit and link is at the bottom of the poem 🙂
Silly me! I didn’t think to look at the bottom!
🙂
Your poetry inspires me…Just lovely!
Thank you 🙂 Alex xx
Beautiful words! You got me travelling there for a minute… in a world where words are jewels 🙂
Thank you 🙂
I thought the poem is beautiful and so is the image.
Thank you Carole – can’t take credit for the picture, but it matches the poem very well indeed 🙂
Beautiful picture matched by beautiful poem.
Thank you. The horse looks quite mystical 🙂
Why do you want to find the silent ones? Yoshiko
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Because they are my family 🙂
🙂
I like your use of repetition in this gorgeous poem, Alex.
Thank you Polly. I wrote it on retreat 🙂 (though not in a graveyard this time!)
This reminds me of The Last Unicorn
Lily
Aw thank you 🙂