Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The Lonely Comment

There once was a lonely comment. It really wanted to be spoken, but nobody would. It wandered alone through the minds of many, and the hearts of some. But still, no matter how many minds and hearts it traveled through, it could not get anyone to utter it aloud.
Now, some comments have a very limited lifespan, and can only remain unspoken for so long before they pass on as just another unspoken thought to be completely forgotten. Where these unspoken and then forgotten comments and thoughts go, well, I have no idea. But one thing I do believe I know. And that is, that an unspoken comment can never be happy, because comments are only happy when they are spoken aloud (or written) so they can be shared.
This a tribute to all those poor unspoken comments that disappear into the ether, alone and forgotten. Their's are truly sad stories.
So, please, if a comment floats across your mind, don't let it die a lonely death. Speak, and share it, so it might live a happy life, even if only for a brief time.
Any questions?

1 comment:

  1. That reminds me the song "The Sound Of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel, love that song. Lyrics:

    Hello darkness, my old friend
    I've come to talk with you again
    Because a vision softly creeping
    Left its seeds while I was sleeping
    And the vision that was planted
    In my brain still remains
    Within the sound of silence

    In restless dreams, I walked alone
    Narrow streets of cobblestone
    'Neath the halo of a street lamp
    I turned my collar to the cold and damp
    When my eyes were stabbed by the flash
    Of a neon light that split the night
    And touched the sound of silence

    And in the naked light I saw
    Ten thousand people, maybe more
    People talking without speaking
    People hearing without listening
    People writing songs that voices
    Never share and no one dared
    Disturb the sound of silence

    "Fools", said I, "You do not know
    Silence like a cancer grows
    Hear my words that I might teach you
    Take my arms that I might reach you"
    But my words, like silent raindrops fell
    And echoed in the wells of silence

    And the people bowed and prayed
    To the neon god they made
    And the sign flashed out its warning
    In the words that it was forming
    And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written
    On the subway walls and tenement halls"
    And whispered in the sounds of silence

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