Silence of the Shells -

Silence of the Shells

I walked along the beach

Rather crawled on all fours

In search of distant sounds

I’d never heard before

Echoes of ocean’s

Rumblings in its depths

Gentle lapping of waves

Towards untouched shores

Empty shells are gateways

They transmit sounds of far

Yet whenever I picked one

Silence is all they had

Mother had once said

She’d hear those beautiful sounds

Saying so she had flashed

Her all knowing smile

Looking back can now see

What she wanted me to hear

A silence coming alive

When one stops their search

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