Listen to the Silence ..

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Listen to the Silence ..
Listen to the Silence ..

Listen to the silence. Is there silence at all?
If we forget its name and lean in to hear,
we’d catch the whispers of wandering souls
adrift in the air, and cries that found
their way to ancient caves.
Silence is a sound
that vaporized, hidden in the wind,
its echoes shattered, preserved
in cosmic jars. If we listened closely,
we’d hear the thud of an apple on stone
in God’s orchard, Abel’s fearful scream
over his first blood, and the primal moan
of desire between male and female
who know not what to do. We’d hear
Jonah’s meditations in the belly of the whale,
the secret negotiations of ancient gods.

If we turned our ears beyond the veil of silence,
we’d catch the midnight talks of prophets and their wives,
the rhythms of the first poetry,
the emperors’ complaints of boredom,
the hoofbeats of horses in wars lost to time,
the music of sacred rites of sin,
the tears of Gilgamesh for his dear friend Enkidu,
the confusion of the monkey who leapt
from tree to tribe’s throne, and the barbs exchanged
between Sarah and Hagar.

If we truly listened to the voice of silence...
our words would be fewer.

Mahmoud Darwish
(1941,2008)

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Taken on: January 30, 2024
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Camera: Canon EOS RP, f/5.0, 1/400 sec, 78mm, ISO 320 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon EOS RP
Lens: EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM
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Exposure Time: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length: 78mm
ISO: 320
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: No Flash
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Center-weighted average
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: Uncalibrated
Software: Adobe Photoshop CC (Windows)
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