Silence

Since I have lost you, I am silence-haunted;
Sounds wave their little wings
A moment, then in weariness settle
On the flood that soundless swings.
Whether the people in the street


Like pattering- ripples go by,
Or whether the theater sighs and sighs
With a loud hoarse laugh:

Or the wind shakes a ravel of light
Over the dead-black river,
Or last night's echoings
Make the daybreak shiver.

I feel the silence waiting
To sip them all up again,
In its last completeness drinking
Down the noise of men.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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Ioane Avatar
April 30, 2014 at 2:10 PM
'sounds wave their little wings ...then in weariness settle' that's poetic art, beautiful write indeed
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