I Am Quiet, Listening | Teen Ink
  1. Home
  2. Poetry
  3. Free Verse
  4. I Am Quiet, Listening

I Am Quiet, Listening

May 3, 2010
By CountTheShadows GOLD, Fayetteville, Arkansas
More by this author
CountTheShadows GOLD, Fayetteville, Arkansas
16 articles 3 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Every living creature on the Earth is special. You wanna be the one that puts an end to one of them?&quot;<br /> Tolerance + Human Decency = Peace

View profile

I am quiet, listening.
I wonder who I will someday be.
I hear the muted sounds of the world,
I see the dulled sights.
Iwant to explore them.
I am quiet, listening.

I pretend like I can soar.
I feel like time goes too fast.
I touch the roughness of the earth
I worry about the end
I cry for family members past
I am quiet, listening.

I understand that life goes quickly
I say not much, but think
I dream of the days to come
I try to do what I'm meant to do
I hope to find what that is, someday.
I am quiet, listening.

© Hilary L., Rogers City, MI

Post a comment
Submit your own

Similar Articles

Previous Next
Poetry
La Push
By Renesmeem BRONZE
SeaTac, Washington
Renesmeem BRONZE, SeaTac, Washington
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Love Is Weird
By sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM
West Jordan, Utah
sHaDoWnInJa PLATINUM, West Jordan, Utah
31 articles 0 photos 3 comments
View profile
Poetry
The Unraveling Scarf
By kiwi12 PLATINUM
Austin, Texas
kiwi12 PLATINUM, Austin, Texas
28 articles 10 photos 365 comments
View profile
Poetry
Overcoming Stage Fright
By kiwi12 PLATINUM
Austin, Texas
kiwi12 PLATINUM, Austin, Texas
28 articles 10 photos 365 comments
View profile
Poetry
Perfectly
By Christina Rudolph BRONZE
Lilburn, Georgia
Christina Rudolph BRONZE, Lilburn, Georgia
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
View profile
Poetry
Me
By Beth Warne BRONZE
Charlton On Otmoor, Other
Beth Warne BRONZE, Charlton On Otmoor, Other
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
View profile

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

This article has 0 comments.