Interrupting Silence (Jw)
Silence: no thought flushed
No message in the still pond
Of turbid waiting
Cradled in the hush
Time snails around the mute phone
Morning left me sad
The first call of day
The finches usurp your place
I long for your voice
This is the first change
Since love's season came again
A brown leaf of care
The woods counsel, says
What is one day to miss you:
A fountain of tears
Your voice belong here
In the tree top of my soul
Nesting in my ear
Let me write with light
On the blank virtual page
Electronic fright
Day's concern is deep
Brooding, can you still breathe there
Did you wake from sleep
O that all is well
Despite the storm in the nest
You will sing again
Irk the stillness now
The silent phone like the sea
Before the dark winds
Trees move not or bend
Legless clouds droop on the sky
Dismal pictures hang
I want to hear you
Tell me good morning like rain
Upon the loud roof
I want love splashing
To your voice like wet children
Playing in the stream
I hunger for you
The first fruit upon my lips
Breakfast in the mist
Pour your breast to me
White milk of songs on my tongue,
Sweet thoughts live again!
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