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a Voice

January 27, 2014 By Talya Tate Boerner 12 Comments

a voice in the sky

I heard a voice,

a mere whisper

in the breeze.

When I paused

to listen,

only the rustle

of winter

echoed back.

 

I heard a voice,

urging me along

an unfamiliar pathway

beneath a vivid

sky belonging

more to June

than January.

 

I followed the voice.

It was the only voice

that could save me.

 

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Musical Pairing:

Winter, Tori Amos

 

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: follow your dreams, inner voice, poetry, Winter

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Comments

  1. Freeda Baker Nichols says

    January 27, 2014 at 8:21 am

    Talya, this is beautiful!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 27, 2014 at 2:06 pm

      Thank you so much Freeda.

      Reply
  2. Colene says

    January 27, 2014 at 9:51 am

    Wow!

    Reply
  3. Barbara Tate says

    January 27, 2014 at 10:18 am

    Love this. Beautiful.

    Reply
  4. Gary Henderson says

    January 27, 2014 at 10:19 am

    for my money, that might be the best poem you’ve written yet.

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 27, 2014 at 2:07 pm

      Wow thanks Gary:)

      Reply
  5. Kim says

    January 27, 2014 at 11:40 am

    Beautiful and haunting, just like your musical pairing!

    Reply
  6. Talya Tate Boerner says

    January 27, 2014 at 2:07 pm

    Thank you Kim. Don’t you love that song?

    Reply
  7. Debby says

    January 27, 2014 at 9:13 pm

    My new favorite! Beautiful!

    Reply
    • Talya Tate Boerner says

      January 28, 2014 at 6:47 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  8. Tim says

    January 28, 2014 at 12:56 am

    Awesomenth, Talya!

    Reply
  9. Dorothy Johnson says

    January 28, 2014 at 8:58 am

    Beautiful poem. I agree. A bit haunting.

    Reply

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