The Decibel of Silence HarleenOppenstam
With gratitudetoGod, to my husbandand daughter, andinmemoryofmymother.
TheDecibel of Silence
HarleenOppenstam
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©2026Harleen Oppenstam
Publisher: BoD· BooksonDemand, Östermalmstorg 1, 114 42 Stockholm, Sweden, bod@bod.se
Print: LibriPlureos GmbH,Friedensallee273, 22763 Hamburg, Germany
ISBN:978-91-8097-854-5
Forthosewholearntobestrongquietly
C’estlavie
Live your lifetothe fullest, they say, do what makesyou happyevery day.
Go out! Have fun!
Bask beneaththe golden sun.
Foryou only liveonce, so take your chance; don’twaste your youth—go,laugh,and dance. Buteasywords come from lighterloads; noteveryonewalks on open roads.
Freedom’sa gift,not freelypassed, forsome, itsfleeting, rarelygrasped
Yes, lifeisshort,and time is gold; if you’re lucky, you’ll getold
Yetwhenthe noiseand neon fade, it’s in your bedyourtruth is laid.
Teleport
From Pearlofthe Orient Seas,I crossedthe tide to reachthe Land of aThousandLakes andsnow, wheremidnightsun andsilence softly bide, andwhispersspeak in tonguesI barely know. It took aheart both braveand full of grace to tradewarmshoes forfrost upon theair, wherecustoms,words,and ways Ihad to face, as stranger learning howtoloveand care
Butlove, that northern star,itlit my way, itsgentlepullfiercer than anystorm. Throughlongest nights andeachuncertain day, it kept my longingsoulbothbrightand warm. Though rootsrun deep wheremango blossoms fall, love made me rise—and here,I standthrough all.
The Decibel of Silence is acollection of poems and short stories that movesinthe spaces between sound and stillness, ambition and restraint, presence and absence. It is abook for readers who find meaning in pauses, in questions that have no easy answers,and in thequiet strength of staying. Each piece carries the weightofwhat is unspoken, yet profoundly felt.