Unutterable Silence

By Hela Tekali

UNUTTERABLE SILENCE 

In Silence I came into existence
Without uttering a single word
Very few things I know recently
It all comes through a whisper

Words fall asleep in this temple of mine
Everything gives birth to a perception
Silence Is all I have learnt so far
The sky is full of dots  like this farthest star

Why shall I speak while the answer is inside
All I can utter is a simple sigh
I breathe but what exists is Silence
Dots and full stops make me just wonder

In Silence all the questions are answered
We came to earth without making a noise
But the inside is full with modes of speech
And utterances are just left unanswered

In Silence pertains all the sounds of existence
The essence of life is left speechless
Sounds and tones are born out of this quietness
The soul is the place where Silence is taught

Hela Tekali hails from Tunisia. She is a poet, a novelist, a translator, an editor, a reviewer, and currently writing a play ( a tragedy). She is by profession an English teacher at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences in Tunisia. She has published more than 11 books of poetry , prose and two novels.

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