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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