Hello Darkness

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Meet the bar positively through negation

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The line you shared from Pablo Neruda’s Sonnet 17 ” I love you as certain dark things are to be loved.” it truly intrigued me. it also got me thinking of a version of The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkle by the rock group Disturbed. with the line “Hello Darkness my old friend.”

Darkness negated.

Hello darkness my old friend,+
Your embrace my home for so long,
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,*
Watching those who dwell in the light of love.

Every Monday the blues beckon,
Tedium’s embrace my home for so long,
I love the comfort of the home tedium supplied,
Never trying to keep up with the Joneses.

Cliché expectations always grate,
Chaos’s embrace greats my mind daily,
Loving the calm after storms chaos,
Watching the storms power from within.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,*
Cliché expectations always grate,
Every Monday the blues beckon,
Hello darkness my old friend.+

Never trying to keep up with the Joneses,
Watching those who dwell in the light of love.

© 23/01/2025 rog leach
*Credit to Pablo Neruda 
+Credit to Paul Simon and Art Garfunckle.

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14 thoughts on “Hello Darkness”

  1. Simon and Garfunkel – my favorite duo. I’ve seen that video before, and it’s awesome! Darkness sleeps in my spare bedroom. Bravo, rog!

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  3. This is so well-crafted, Rog. It hits hard, and the repetition was very effective.

    I like this version of the song with it’s powerful video, but the original Simon and Garfunkle version will always be my favorite. I see The Graduate in my head when I hear it. Listening to the song this time, the line that jumped out to me was “silence like a cancer grows.”

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