When Silence Learned to Listen

The first transatlantic telephone call was made on this day in 1927.

Communication closes distance.

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Ocean’s waters between us, silence dense

The air drew its first breath, waits for sound;

The night heard with patient sense, 

The world waited as Silence frowned. 

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A single word arced, a thread of light

Waves of sound across the void,

A voice, in time, breaks water’s sighs

Bridges hearts, bonds rejoined.

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Water ripples, blue waves formed 

By a voice’s lilt, its fond embrace

Distance softened, waters transformed

By its calming gift of grace

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Silence returns, its weight no more

The sea now hears our joyful cry;

In the space between, a bridge endures

Because we hear each other’s sighs.

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Original poem by Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin.

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