Vanita Thakkar - Silent Diction

Can you see the joy
that peeps out
Of the brightness of eyes
perceiving ecstasy all about?
For the best of joys
is far too deep
To come within
shallow words’ grip.

Can you hear the echo
of untold misery
That retreats from
sad lips shut despondently?
For, the great pain
is too bitter
For the subtle words
to endure.

Seeing in, out and around,
we discover
That in order to communicate,
words, all can’t shower.
So, may we learn the Silent Diction
not aye relying on words, fragile,
To know, to understand more
and to make life more worthwhile.


(22.12.1988)

Vanita Thakkar

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