# Improve The Silence

Author: ShingetsuMoon
Tags: Poem, Poetry, inspiration

#17 of Poems

This poem is inspired by Ashley Wylde. She is a fantastic poet and if you have a moment then I highly recommend looking her up or browsing some of her spoken word videos on her YouTube channel. Meet Yourself In The Mirror by Ashley Wylde is a video that EVERYONE needs to see.

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It was once stated that  
you should not speak  
unless you can improve  
the silence.

So many of us speak  
out into the silence  
writing lines of poetry  
that others will never see,  
never hear, never get even  
the smallest glimpse of.

Some of us speak out  
into the air and hope that  
maybe one day our words  
will come back to us after  
they have touched someone  
and changed them for the better.

So few of us ever truly believe  
that we are good at what we  
do no matter how many times  
others may tell us that we  
are special.

Some of us speak for others  
and most of us speak for ourselves  
and sometimes we are told that  
it is beautiful.

I believe that words are power  
and with them we can change  
the world.

Maybe not the whole world  
but maybe some small part of it  
and if something I say can help  
just one person feel better then  
I will consider my job done.

Have you ever met a person and  
known in that moment that their  
words would change you forever?

I don't remember how I found  
them, only that I did.

I don't remember what they said  
but can never, will never, forget  
how they made me feel.

For in that instant I knew that  
I had found someone whose  
words would shake the world.

Maybe not the whole world,  
but _my_ world.

Since then their words have  
challenged my view of the  
world. Of who I am. Of who  
I thought I was and of who I  
want to be.

Within just a few short minutes  
their words ripped away years of  
internal struggle and agony like  
a bandage, leaving me changed  
forever.

It was as if I had been wandering  
around in the darkness and finally  
found someone who knew just how  
to turn on the lights.

Sometimes words are empty  
meaningless things tossed into  
the air and scattered by the wind.

Sometimes they are bullets that  
wound and kill the souls of all  
they touch.

Sometimes they are seeds that  
grow and sprout in the hearts  
of others. Spreading beauty  
and healing wherever they land.

I found someone whose words  
can shake the earth and change  
a person's viewpoint on themselves  
and on everything that goes on  
around them.

And I wish that I had the skills  
and wisdom necessary to tell  
them just how badly I needed  
their words in my life.

I desperately wish that I could  
articulate to them just how  
much I needed to hear what  
they said and how badly  
the world needs more people  
like them in it.

People who speak out from the  
heart with an emotion and a  
passion that others spend their  
entire lives trying to hide.

People who have the courage  
to speak out in the hopes that  
others will hear something they  
need in that moment.

People who don't realize just  
how courageous they are.

Her words have changed my  
world and left me altered and  
changed forever. Changed for  
the better.

Although I may never get the  
chance to say that to her in person  
at least I can attempt to do so  
through a poem.

People may not always remember  
what you said, but they will never  
forget how you made them feel  
and when I hear her words I  
finally feel as if I have found  
someone who gets it.

Someone who truly understands  
within the depths of their soul  
that with the power of words  
alone we can shape the world  
around us and even around others.

Maybe they don't see it.  
Maybe they don't believe it.  
But they will one day and I  
can only hope that I will be  
there to see it.

_--__Written July 22, 2014_

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