Poetry: Divine Silence

Listening to silence

is listening to God while breathing.

Since the beginning of everything,

there had been a possessed peace,

then the eruption of words.

What was I before sound?

Pre-form – set me free!

Take me back to the world of silence,

into a formless shape,

and take off the chains

of my mortal body.

Take me to infinity.

The Author

Tamara Pantović is a Montenegrin poet, essayist, and archaeologist. As an authentic voice of contemporary Montenegrin literature, she focuses on the themes of identity, loss, and inner strength. Tamara actively publishes in English on the All Poetry site under the penname besherat (https://allpoetry-classic.com/besherat).