listen to my silence

Listen to my silence

that murmurs through these leaves

listen to this unwritten song.

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Much is heaped between these lines

risen without mouth

silted up in the underground.

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Listen to my paper-thin silence

that is gone with the wind

through the trees.

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Hear my voice

at the curve of your mouth

earthlydark.

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~ Jos Steegstra

photo by Michael Kenna

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