SILENCE

SILENCE

WE are still;There are no words.Across the skyA wedge of birdsFlies northward. Brown and thinned,A brittle leaf rasps in the wind.The sun creeps on from tree to tree.We are still.Were a word spoken,Like a troubled poolIs silence broken.Better far be dumb.There are depths no stone could plumb;Circles widen endlessly.

WE are still;There are no words.Across the skyA wedge of birdsFlies northward. Brown and thinned,A brittle leaf rasps in the wind.The sun creeps on from tree to tree.We are still.Were a word spoken,Like a troubled poolIs silence broken.Better far be dumb.There are depths no stone could plumb;Circles widen endlessly.

WE are still;There are no words.Across the skyA wedge of birdsFlies northward. Brown and thinned,A brittle leaf rasps in the wind.The sun creeps on from tree to tree.

We are still.Were a word spoken,Like a troubled poolIs silence broken.Better far be dumb.There are depths no stone could plumb;Circles widen endlessly.


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