Category: Silence & Solitude

Reflections from the quiet perimeter—exploring solitude, the architecture of the mind, and the sanctuary found in unhurried spaces.

Connection & Healing, Silence & Solitude, Sovereign Preservation

Will Anyone Remember Me?

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I lived as the boy tucked inside the wall,

watching the bright world from the inside out.

A solitary witness through winter, spring, summer, and fall,

holding no grievances, finding nothing to shout.

I walked through the decades and carried my part,

sitting in pews and the warmth of a crowd.

Yet a quiet remains in the core of my heart—

a hunger to speak, to be known, to be loud.

For when we stand near the edge of the knife,

and time draws its border across who we are,

the solitary soul asks the meaning of life:

to be witnessed up close, and not viewed from afar.

As the shadows grow long and the daylight recedes,

and I face the quiet shape of my own history,

I ask the dark room what a lifetime concedes—

when the door closes soft, will anyone remember me?

Connection & Healing, Silence & Solitude, Sovereign Preservation

The Unhurried Room

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A sonnet on the joys of being “analog.”

We lay the glowing glass upon the pine,

And turn the fevered pulse of circuits low,

To leave the frantic stream of the design,

And let the simple room begin to glow.

Across the wooden board no borders stand;

The light falls warm upon an open face.

No hurried prompt commands a shifting hand,

Nor measures out our minutes in this space.

Yet when the constant hum at last is still,

The quiet breath reveals an ancient ground,

Where eyes can meet and listen at their will,

And words return to their authentic sound.

We drop the hurried armor from our chest:

To sit, unmasked, and simply be at rest.

Portraits & Human Connection, Silence & Solitude

The True Master

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The master walks with quiet, humble grace,

And seeks the truth where deeper questions lie;

No boastful words are spoken in this place

To lift his pride before the public eye.

He does not hoard the wisdom he has gained,

Nor hold the craft above another’s head;

But offers light where shadows once remained,

That others too may walk the path he tread.

Yet shallow minds will loudly claim the crown,

And peddle truth they never lived to know;

They seek the quick applause of all the town,

Content with all the pompous seeds they sow.

For wisdom never needs to shout its claim:

Only the empty play the expert’s game.

Craft & Classroom, Silence & Solitude

The Living Script

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You hold the slender pen just like a lover,

Its touch brings quiet joy into the soul;

You turn the textured notebook’s waiting cover,

To write is not a race, but gentle stroll.

This crafted art of hand is cherished dearly,

In cursive loops or print, it matters not;

The drifting thoughts begin to form so clearly,

Unwinding tangled strings of hurried thought.

The ink upon the page commands the mind,

A tactile grace that sets the senses free,

A simple peace of rare and wondrous kind,

As waking words reveal what thoughts can be.

So take the pen, as Shakespeare wrote before,

And let your soul spill out forevermore.

Craft & Classroom, Silence & Solitude

The New Acquaintance

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There it waits, planted in the middle of a sentence,

a stranger sitting quietly on the page.

Growing up, your mother lined the walls with reading,

and words accumulated like small treasures—

hoarded coins, polished stones, prizes tucked into memory.

Yet here it stands: an unfamiliar face.

Your pulse quickens with the thrill of an encounter,

mingled with a scholar’s sudden offense:

How has this traveler managed to evade you?

Was it lurking in the margins on purpose,

a private conspiracy to keep you in the dark?

No matter. You pull down the heavy Webster’s,

demanding its lineage, origin, and shape.

You write it in the margin, speak it to the empty room,

turn it over on the tongue until the vowels behave,

then return to the paragraph to conquer the phrase.

Triumphant, you seek out listeners in the hall,

eager to display the newly captured spoil.

Conversations wander, evening takes the light—

until hours later, you remember the novel,

still sitting face-down on the arm of the chair.