Sometimes – a poem

Posted on 03/04/2018 by Andrew Reynolds

There are times when words fail.
So many things that should be said.
So many things that could be said.
But in the cold light of day, silence,
and a tear are all that cross the rift
between broken hearts.

In grief and sadness
how can any word comfort,
or dull the hammer blow?

Sometimes the right word is no word.
Just a touch and the tear that says it all.

——–
Peace,
Andrew

About Andrew Reynolds

Born in California Did the school thing studying electronics, computers, release engineering and literary criticism. I worked in the high tech world doing software release engineering and am now retired. Then I got prostate cancer. Now I am a blogger and work in my wood shop doing scroll saw work and marquetry.
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28 Responses to Sometimes – a poem

  1. Elizabeth Ann Johnson-Murphree says:
    04/02/2018 at 2:11 pm

    Thank you Andrew for this lovely heart felt poem. You are right, no words at all speak the loudest at times. I lost my daughter in 2010, many of my poems shroud my own poetry, the lost is too great to measure. Thank you again. You site is outstanding. E.

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  2. Karen says:
    03/16/2018 at 9:58 am

    Very nicely written. I just shared a touch of hands with a friend in the hospital…that is all that was needed.

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  3. morristownmemos by Ronnie Hammer says:
    03/08/2018 at 1:51 pm

    …and you want ME to tell you???

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  4. morristownmemos by Ronnie Hammer says:
    03/08/2018 at 12:38 pm

    You’re too nice to have anything bad happen to you. You’re making me uncomfortable: please cut its out!

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  5. Meenakshi Sethi says:
    03/07/2018 at 10:25 am

    All said in few words…awesome!

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  6. umaverma12 says:
    03/07/2018 at 9:48 am

    Beautiful 👌

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  7. George says:
    03/06/2018 at 6:44 pm

    Sometimes…….

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  8. Baydreamer says:
    03/06/2018 at 4:10 pm

    Beautiful, true, but sad. So I hope you and your family are doing okay…

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  9. Diane Henders says:
    03/05/2018 at 8:25 pm

    True indeed. I wish you silent comfort.

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  10. CJ Hartwell says:
    03/05/2018 at 11:20 am

    Would that more people knew this, that sometimes silence is most compassionate voice of all.

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  11. dorannrule says:
    03/05/2018 at 10:41 am

    There is a terrible sadness in your amazing words. I hope the broken hearts can heal.

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  12. Jacqui Murray says:
    03/05/2018 at 8:10 am

    Ooh, I hope that doesn’t mean something sad happened to you. Hmm…

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  13. Ray V. says:
    03/05/2018 at 4:32 am

    A beautiful description of the “Ministry of Presence”

    Liked by 1 person

  14. jfwknifton says:
    03/05/2018 at 12:16 am

    Well done, excellent stuff.

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