August 5, 2013 · 12:25 am

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Death in Silence

I would not go so gently
Down
None at all would hear my
Sound

Stifled silence alone I
Drown
Submersive waves to flood my
Ground

Choke me to the dark
Profound
Quiet carries way my
Crown

Loneliness in death be
Found
A silenced voice
A mind unwound

~Rachelle M. Turple

Filed under Education, Poetry, Women

Tagged as African Canadian, Afro-Canadian Success, Afro-Centric Education, Black Canadian People, Black Community, black literature, Bullying, Female Poets, language, Love, poetry, Racism, Womanist, women

4 responses to “Death in Silence”

Heidi

August 5, 2013 at 11:07 am

I hear your voice as i read this… Nice work!

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- blacklit101
  
  August 5, 2013 at 12:01 pm
  
  Thank you Heidi. As always, thank you so much for reading.
  ~Rachelle
  
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Kushite Prince

August 5, 2013 at 12:28 pm

Beautiful Rachelle!

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- blacklit101
  
  August 7, 2013 at 10:34 pm
  
  Thank you Prince, glad you liked it 🙂
  ~R
  
  Reply

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