For dVerse Poets Pub – Where Kim is our host.
Today’s topic :
Write a poem in the first person that begins with “Once in a lifetime”.Think of a similar three-word movement (anger/sun/love) and develop it in your poem. It can be about a real situation in your past or current life, or something that happened to someone you know, or an imagined situation.”
Poetics: Once in a Lifetime
What Silence Became
Once in a lifetime
you discover that silence
has a weight.
I know.
I carried mine for years—
carefully,
as though speaking might crack
the world
around me.
I thought silence was safety,
which became a cage,
which became a voice
waiting for its door.
And when I finally spoke—
nothing shattered.
The sky remained blue;
morning still arrived,
coffee still cooled beside me.
Only I had changed.
My voice became a window,
which became a road,
which became freedom—
and I walked it
one word at a time.
Now when silence visits,
I do not mistake it
for obedience.
Sometimes I choose quiet.
There is a difference.
Once in a lifetime
you learn that finding your voice
was never about becoming louder—
only about no longer
making yourself small.
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With love, coffee, poetry, and stardust,
— Maggie The Afterlove Voice 💫
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