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Need Not Be Told

by Philip F De Pinto



When we made love
Which was often enough
We articulated and gesticulated
Like those
Watching fireworks
Yet for all the oohing and aahing
And prudish neighbors banging on walls
All that was born to us
Was silence
Which when more fully grown
Need not be told
Better to be seen than heard


08/16/2013

Posted on 08/17/2013
Copyright © 2024 Philip F De Pinto

Member Comments on this Poem
Posted by George Hoerner on 08/17/13 at 01:10 PM

Very well done my friend.

Posted by June Labyzon on 08/17/13 at 02:19 PM

Silence has a voice louder than words. Doing lots of writing right now on words and Silence. There is a book I will suggest: When Woman were birds. It talks all about silence and the silence of nature and what we hear when we listen. Though I know you know all that, you will find this book beautiful. Lovely short but sweet read, my friend.

Posted by Rob Littler on 08/17/13 at 02:52 PM

I find a certain comfort in this work, those few I have had a connection with deeper than "requiring an explanation for everything" came flooding into my mind. There are moments when a glance, a look, an image, an expression, a detail, whatever...can be so much more than words could ever tell...we nod, say hello, look at Edward Hopper...I ask if she wants some tea, from the cafe....

Posted by Kristina Woodhill on 08/17/13 at 07:16 PM

I do like the maturity of your silence in this one, Philip.

Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 08/19/13 at 05:28 AM

Beautiful, touching.

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