The Sound of Silence
I can hear raining and singing.
I can hear banging and clanging.
I can hear clapping and slapping.
I can hear giggling and drizzling.
I can hear chattering and clattering.
I can hear the mumbling and crumbling.
I can hear whistling and nibbling.
I can hear hissing and whizzing.
What can’t I hear?
I can’t hear the sound of silence,
A musical note of rest.
The ringing in my ear
The tinnitus can’t disappear.
At all time, it’s here.
How I miss the sound of silence,
that musical note of rest!
Daily Prompt: Sound
As the musicians would say: Enjoy the Silence. 😉
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Yes, silence is enjoyable. I lost the privilege of silence.
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Oh I crave silence too! My tinnitus is relentless!
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I know! Sometime it rings louder after a good night of sleep. I can’t figure out what to do! Sorry to her that you have the same problem!
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Beautiful and very relevant to me…
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Thank you very much!!
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Hi Miriam! I agree with macalder02! This is a beautiful read and you are so talented!
BTW one of my friend is coming to Imdia next week and will be here till 20th of next month! She lives in California! If you need anything from here do let me know!
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Oh, I remember. She lives in Irvine. I’ll let you know tomorrow. Oh, you must be excited. I’m so happy for you! ♥*♥*♥
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Yea very excited and can’t even wait! 🙂
Do let me know if you need anything from here! I can send through her 💖
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Yes, it’s exciting. When was the last time you saw her?
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We met one and a half year ago! And we talk daily on ph and distance of countries can’t do us apart! 🙂
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That’s precious friendship. I have a childhood friend living in London. Too many tragedies happened to her. With the distance, she didn’t know where to begin to tell me all the situations. She doesn’t have time to write either. I’ll write as much as possible.
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That’s the beauty of friendship, one is there for other always.
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Yes, friendship sometimes is more meaningful, to talk about things that one wouldn’t with the spouse!! 🙂 🙂
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So true!
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🙂 🙂
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We have a World Market close by. They sell a lot of things from India and southeast Asia. Anywhere from clothing, kitchen use or spices. So I think I’m okay. I try to live simple…hehe ♥*♥*♥
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It’s ok! I will send you all my love 💖
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You’re sending it everyday with your wings! ♥*♥*♥
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The important thing is that your fingers have the sound of poetry and makes us enjoy with your endless inspiration. The sounds of silence you have in your soul of artist and that is what counts. I greatly enjoy your blog.
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Oh, you made me feel so much better and yes, I’ll appreciate my writing and my artwork as encouragement. I still sing. Thank you for your comment!!♥*♥*♥♥*♥*♥
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The singing. What more could you want. You are a complete artist.
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Thank you so much! The new research is that when people are getting old, they should continue to learn new things to challenge their mind. So I’m learning fun things to keep my mind active! ♥*♥*♥
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Another sufferer, I occasionally get a low buzz added to my ever consistent scream. Don’t know how long I’ve lived with it. Suppose in away I am lucky, but there are times, especially when I get an orchestra tuning up, I put the ear phones on then, ether 60’s, or jazz Mr Acker Bilk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAE7HMFtns. The worse cases I have read about is when it can be heard by other folk, that must be really bad.
Love the way you put you thoughts out there, a sad but great poem,
Mick
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Yes, I started to read online, read magazine about other people’s story. One musician wrote it in a nostalgic way and lamented how sad that a musician couldn’t hear the note of rest. The research said that there were only 2 who committed suicide. Yesterday a blogger told me that Van Gogh cut his ear off. Sometimes I got so much pressure in my head that I pound it with my fist to release some pressure. I learned to relax and mask it with nice music. Thank you for the link!!!
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Your most welcome.
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Nice music you introduced to me! Thank you.
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RI have him playing in the background right now. Rambling Rose
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My husband is home working on something, so I have to turn it off or wear a head phone.
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Oh dear, ☺
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That’s okay! When I’m on y computer in the evening, he watch TV with ear buds on.
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At the moment me and the wife are sharing the same room, as my eldest son has taken over my office for the rest of this week. Fortunately she also likes a bit of Acker.
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My husband wouldn’t want me to go to another room. I know a lot of couples who have different interests do things in separate rooms – living room, family room. Family is also my office, but he like me to be in the same room, even though it means he watches TV with headphone.
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Mr Acker Bilk is very nice, Thank you so much! I’m listening right now.
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It certainly works for me, and the 60’s you might even catch me singing ☺
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You mean sing along, or you have recordings?
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Sing along, not that I’m any good :(.
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Singing or humming release pressure from head. Good thing to do!!
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It is, whistling too.
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My husband like humming, his sister said that’s his way of releasing tension. I wish I could whistle, I heard of beautiful, crystal clear whistle, it’s so beautiful!
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Beautifully written…!
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Thank you very much! I read an article from a musician talking about his tinnitus, and admitted that it’s the worse thing happens to a musician. Reading other people’s testimonies helped me to accept the reality!!
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I’m sure it must have been tough… but what would have been tougher would be accepting it….kudos to u for that!
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Thank you for the encouraging words. I really appreciate your comment!!
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Ah yes, tinnitus is not fun.
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Not fun at all. Try everything throughout 30 years. I’m accepting it and try not to get upset especially when it keeps me awake!! Thank you for your comment.
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Wow, yours must be especially bad if it keeps you awake–I’m fortunate mine is not so severe. Prayers, always, for you, Miriam ❤
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Thank you!
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I enjoyed your poem and appreciated the frustration behind it.
I’m sorry to hear about your tinnitus. It drove Van Gogh mad (among other things) and he cut his ear off in frustration. I don’t know how you would deal with that as I’d imagine it’s like an insatiable itch. My brother might have it. He wear ear plugs a lot and is sensitive to the finest noises around him. However, he played a lot of very loud, electric guitar.
As an aside, I am quite interested in sensory processing disorder and this can affect any of the senses, including your hearing. You see little kids on the autism spectrum (and not) covering their ears from loud noises. There are other signs too such as finding jumpers stratchy or at the other end, needing a lot of physical stimulation (they are “sensory seeking”.)
I really liked this line: “A music note of rest” but was wondering whether it would be better reading either “a musical note of rest” or “that musical note of rest”.
I seem to have my editing pen out today and have left a few comments around. It is not easy proofing your own work and it’s very useful to have a second set of eyes.
Take care,
xx Rowena
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Thank you for the editing. I had musical note in mind. I kind of did it in a hurry before I went to a meeting. Sometimes I posted something and went to bed, I ended up getting up to do the editing and then went back to bed. I really appreciated your sharp eye.
I do having hearing loss. It’s been 30 years, so I don’t know which came first, tinnitus or hearing loss. I listen to classical music. I tried to remember if I was standing next to the drum of the orchestra when I sang in the choir. I knew I was exposed to some loud sound back in the days when there was no separation between the drum set and the rest of the orchestra.Thank you for taking your time to comment!!!
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You’re welcome. I used to make stupid mistakes with some of my own writing because I’d read it as it was intended and not necessarily what was on the page. The irony is that I’m quite a good proof reader of other people’s work. That was an education and it’s good to stay humble and be kind with our critiques.
Sorry about your hearing. My mum had a very wealthy friend who was deaf and it made it quite difficult for her to enjoy eating out and hearing issues are not something people really “get” in the same way sight problems are. I haven’t expressed that last sentence well but I hope you get my drift.
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I really appreciated you! I made a couple changes and I like it a lot better. When I did my doctoral dissertation, I read every page, every line so many times that I didn’t SEE any mistakes, I just read what I thought I wanted to write. Well, I did pay for proofreading and editing, almost US$1,000. She made as little change as possible to be true to my writing, so when she did make changes, I just agreed with her. So I’m thankful that you felt free to let me know.
Are you Australian? Or? My husband is born in Australia, he calls his mom, mum. So I’m curious. ♥*♥*♥
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Yes, I am Australian. I’m from Sydney and my husband’s from Tasmania. Where’s your husband from?
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He was born in Wala Wala, family stayed there until he was 10. Move to England for2years, then took the ship to come to US.
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That’s quite interesting. Does he have German Lutheran origins? I have German Lutheran heritage from both South Australia and Queensland. My grandfather came from Hahndorf, a town settled by the first German immigrants to Australia. Here’s a post: https://beyondtheflow.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/hahndorf-south-australia-the-blacksmith-and-the-artists/
I look forward to hearing more from you.
xx Rowena
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He has English background, and a tiny bit of Indian because several generations ago some ancestors worked in India. Australia is a friendly, open country. When Britain took back Hong Kong, my family was offered to go to Australia or England or stay in HK, they stayed.
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My Dad’s cousin lives in Hong Kong and married a local and they have a daughter.
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The world is getting smaller and people are getting closer. My friends have 4 grown up children, two boys, two girls. They are all in CA, 3 of them married Chinese. The in-law families don’t speak English, so when they have family gathering, my friends invited me to mingle with them! 🙂
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Wow I didn’t know that about Van Gogh. Very interesting.
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I too have tinnitus and would love to have the quiet sounds of silence again.
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All the ENT doctors I’ve visited only gave me hearing aid. I know mine is more than hearing problem. There are some experiments in some research centers, I just need to go to find out more!
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You probably know this already, but I have found that low-sodium diets help. The more sodium that comes into my body, the louder my tinnitus is. The same is true of too much sugar for me. I have been plagued with this since 2004. It drives me crazy too. Background noise helps, but if it is too loud then no noise can block it out for me. Again, this all helped me. Not sure what you have tried.
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Yes, it drives me crazy. If my husband talks to me from another room, I can’t hear him. If I’m cooking and he talks to me, that’s even worse. So I said, “If I can’t see you, I can’t hear you.” I eat blend my whole life, so there’s not a whole lot more salt I could cut. I don’t have sweet tooth. Sugar keeps me awake, so I don’t take in too much sugar. It’s getting worse all the time, even resting, reduce stress doesn’t help. One ear is constant, the other still comes and goes starting from last year. Even the one ringing is soft, the other doesn’t ring, they both wold ring after a night of sleep. The ringing one have been in that condition for 30 years. I listen to music to help me sleep. I subscribe magazine dealing with this area. No obvious solution yet. Thank you for your tips. I appreciate that very much.
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Had an interesting conversation with a British friend over these terms.😄
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Mine drives me crazy!
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😂
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