Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Silence: An Acrostic

 "The rest," sighed Hamlet, "is silence", and fell forever 'mum'! Critics have interpreted that cryptic quote in many ways. Let us not right now get in to these "wise saws" to quote yet another Shakespearean pithy expression. Let us instead try an acrostic on "silence". An attempt after many silences indeed!

Silence: An acrostic 

Sweet sister of wisdom

Indeed 'a-kin' to death

Likened often to boredom

Ever an antidote to wasted breath!

Not merely golden as deifi(n)ed by tradition

Certain an opp to hide idle exhibition

Enough empty chatter is apt end 'pose-ition'!

Pratima@ Wise sounds a fool till (s)he opens his/her mouth, the chat app(-erture)! The rest, the remaining, better be silence, a rest indeed to the listener's ear!




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