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Your Voice
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Friday, November 25, 2016    Rated "G" by the Author.
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Your Voice
By John Herlihy

The voice captures it all,
Leaving the listener in thrall.
The sound wraps us all around,
Dressed quietly with inner sound.

Your voice at once unique and raw,
As beautiful as anything I ever saw.
When I heard your words utter sound,
My heart melted, then began to pound.

Your voice like the tinkling of bells,
Hearing your sound, my heart swells.
Its tremor carries emotion digging deep;
Memory becomes a dream as in our sleep.

I would give anything to hear
Your universe once more near.
Your voice just one more time,
Your emotions here next to mine.

I once had a voice that gently soared.
When I sang solo, the audience roared.
I poured out my heart thru my voice;
My lilting tenor found a way to rejoice.

Now I whisper sweet nothings to the wind;
Cut as little paper birds, in my heart pinned.
Your voice has a sad vibrato humming a dirge;
Now a fading memory in my mind, submerged.

Your voice will resound day after day;
Your spirit lives on, my heart to waylay.
When I am on my own and seeking solace,
I remember your voice as pure and flawless.

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 Reviews of "Your Voice"
Reviewed by m j hollingshead
Reviewed on November 26, 2016

enjoyed your interesting, thought provoking article

Reviewed on November 26, 2016
I have heard voices that have changed me forever. Thank you for your offering. (I will take those "sweet nothings" anytime!)

Love ya!

Jane

Reviewed on November 26, 2016
the 'voice' is definitely a singing here, the vocal skill which is highly valued by educated individuals (mostly amidst elites) and even whole nations, the Japanese, for example, who cannot sing by definition and who have therefore invented Karaoke to practice zealously. Today, due to their Karaoke technology, even a poor singing sounds flawless. As for the Chinese, they all are amazingly good at this. Enjoyed reading this piece. Cheers, alex

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com
Reviewed on November 26, 2016
Thoughts from the heart are always difficult to articulate. For this reader, the first half has word choices that have been uttered many times, but the second half is original in its grieving and sorrow, in its perfection of metaphor choice.

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on November 26, 2016
Excellent!

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton
Reviewed on November 26, 2016
Sometimes a person's voice can melt our hearts, that is a fact. You expressed it well within the lines of this poem.

Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan
Reviewed on November 25, 2016
When I mourn the loss of someone, whether figuratively or literally, it is their voice that I miss the most. I always see them with my memory but their voice remains elusive.

Rebecca


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