Friday Silence
With all of the heavy news this week both in the US and across the world (Bush Refuses Mother's Pleas, Britain Aids Bin Laden, Kansas and Evolution, Iraq Causality Numbers, Hiroshima 60th Anniversary), I thought I might offer some silence and peace to a chaotic week. With my upcoming birthday this weekend, I feel very reflective as I did over three years ago when I wrote this:Silence
Too – silent.Jumping glows illuminate
far-away windows
Barred doors stand shut
to stretched clouds on a blank sky
Wait; listen.
Droplets tap in low cadence
with distant shadows
Wet leaves rustle
as creaking trunks heave and sigh
Pendulum – calm.
Echoes slump on a long cart
pulled with even pace
by a cloaked face
Whose muted lips finally part:
“This … is all.”
posted by the prisoner @ 9:11:00 AM
2 Comments:
Prisoner: Happy birthday! Best wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous year to come.
Thanks. Let us hope so!
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