Saranya celebrates the strength and healing power of silence, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths.

Earnest confessions and a helpless cry
are measured in silence by the knowing eye
In silence alone does love find a voice,
Discernment and surrender make no noise.

In silence blooms every innocent bud
In silence flowers the bridal bed
In silence the devotee finds his lord
Silence alone knows life – death – god

Simple things are silent in their ways
The breeze, the shade, a stalk of maize
The soulmate estranged may sing no more
But his verses are heard on wordless days

Words only heed the mortal’s thirst
But silence quenches the eternal parch
Weakness a million bugles may sound
But strength resonates in the silent march.

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Saranya Francis

Saranya is a multilingual poet penning poems in English, Hindi and Tamil. She is a social activist, freelance life skills and language trainer. She has two anthologies of poems. Her poetry is featured in reputed anthologies. She is the recipient of the Bharat Award for Literature (2018), Rabindranath Tagore Award (2017), and National Chanting Bards Award (2017). She has recently been conferred the Star Ambassador of World Poetry award at The World Poetry Conference 2019.

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