The door opens and the roar begins
Begins as a rustle of shoes and bags
Bags of paper, projects, words, numbers
Numbers counting down to bedtime, dinner time…not yet time
Time to play and release the joy
Joy of unencumbered growing
Growing louder under the tree shadows
Shadows of night whisper but the roar continues
Continues with the clanging of plates and the chomping of teeth
Teeth that when brushed, sparkle like dreams
Dreams transform the roar to a snore
Snore is as silent as it gets.
This loop poem was written for Patrick’s Pic to Word Challenge #203 – Play and for OctPoWriMo Day 11 – Silence. Also, for the Saturday RagTag Daily Prompt – Shadows.
Silence is something that I rarely get during the day especially once the children come home. But their voices – whether laughing, singing, talking, arguing, shouting – remind that they are fully alive in their playing, working, eating even when they are disagreeing. Noise has always reminded me of life – I know this stems from growing up in a large, Filipino family. So silence was something I had to learn to be ok with, learn to love and cherish. But I know that playful noise will also be my favorite.
©️ iido 2019
Wonderful loop poem, Irma! Love your take on the prompt. With kids around, silence is not easily available. But once they are off to school, one craves for noise!! Sigh…
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Oh yes! The grass is always greener or is it, the house is always quieter….
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The grass seems greener… 😂
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😂😉
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well written loop!
Having worked on children’s cancer wards I love to healthy chatting and arguing … sick kids simply don’t have that energy, so it means they are healthy 🙂
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Yes, despite the annoyance of loudness and incessantness, it is an indication of healthy children.
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healthy normal children are a real blessing, so hang in there exhausted Mum ❤
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❤️
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Wonderful poem.Irma and i am glad your joining in the October poetry writing, as i can’t do it myself…been caught up with all the “mommy duties”….arrghh..but its been so good so far…
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Oh the mom life! Yes, I’ve been trying to do it but get behind as life interferes!
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