Minstrel's Song: Being Quiet .....

Minstrel's Song: Being Quiet .....: Silence By Marisa Bernhard When she spoke, she didn’t speak with grace or with smooth flow of words. Her speech was always choppy and...

Minstrel's Song: Being Quiet .....

Minstrel's Song: Being Quiet .....: Silence By Marisa Bernhard When she spoke, she didn’t speak with grace or with smooth flow of words. Her speech was always choppy and...

Being Quiet .....

Silence      By Marisa Bernhard

When she spoke, she didn’t speak with grace or with smooth flow of words. Her speech was always choppy and broken up.

She struggled with words, not because of an impediment of any kind but because it was so much easier for her to be silent.

Ah! Silence a pause a rest.   Keeping her lips resting on top of one another, her tongue resting behind her lower teeth, was one her favorite things to do. She didn’t need to struggle trying to get her point across, or explain herself to anyone, and lastly, she didn’t have to respond to anyone speaking to her.

All she had to do was breathe. Inhale air through her nose, not wanting to disturb her tongue, teeth, or lips. 

She would fill up her chest with air, and when she exhaled her eyes closed; her upper body, torso, neck, and head gestured as if she would collapse into nothingness. 

Again she continued breathing in oxygen through her nostrils and filling up her lungs.  As she sucked in her belly, and expelling all the air out of her body, trying so desperately to shrink into another form. 

The Dragon And The Dragonfly

The Dragon & the Dragonfly

By Marisa Bernhard

The opposite of me is you.

You are a gentle giant.

I am a creature, fragile at first glance.

Look again and you will see my vitality.

We balance each other’s spirit!

I fly through time…

You trample over the land.

My song quick, I flutter, I take to the air,

I soar, not much to say.

Your fiery voice scorches all.

It soothes my soul.

The opposite of you is I.

I glistened by… you caught me and proclaimed an angel!

My wings wrapped around your heart.

Your eyes calmed my spirit.

Friends we became,

As one, we explored the land …

Your thoughts are my thoughts.

My fears are your fears.

Our needs are ours’.

My purpose is to take care of you.

My friend be at peace.

I hover around you, handling you with care!

I watch over you and color your dreams…

My wings flutter at your sight.

I soar all around proclaiming my love, or announcing my discontent - your gentle silence quiets my mind.

You are the dragon who found a friend and I am the dragonfly that flew into your heart!