Hello darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare
Disturb the sound of silence.
"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell,
And echoed
In the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls."
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
--Paul Simon
How else would you start a blog entitled "Written on the Subway Walls"?
*dips head* I do have
another blog (multi blogging -- does that make me even more of a nerd?), but that one, I realized had strayed so far from the original purpose, that I was ashamed.
There have been so many complaining, stupid posts, and not enough uplifting, wise..
challenging posts. Thus, I want to bring it back as a place for thought and worship, and leave the extra fun/favorites/ranting/everyday stuff to this blog. My daily mark.
I originally thought of transferring every post on
Challenge that fit the description of this blog rather than that over, but first, it was a daunting task; and second, I know there's hardly boatloads, but I think there's at least one or two links back to specific posts, and that would change the address.. hardly nice. Besides, truth is truth. They were posted there, there they shall stay.
I know I always say this, but new layout forthcoming. Although I do rather like this one... :) The irony of recently saying I didn't like white on black is not lost on me, however I have altered the text colour...
ah. Rambling. Time to shut down.
Guten nacht und Gott segnet dich