Sound

Sound
breaches inner silence
of beating heart and tympanic ear
to be lost briefly in universal rhythm
  of time's reverberating chord
  resonating noisy earth and sonic sky
pealing our name out loud
tolling we are ready 
the knell of loud then quiet
die.







for Vermillion Scythe's contest of Word Vision.
12/18/18
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Gauthier Avatar
February 25, 2019 at 7:12 PM
Good one, DM. Congrats on your fin win.
Agustin Avatar
February 22, 2019 at 6:27 AM
Wow! Congrats. Thanks for sharing your talent. God bless you.
Rodrigues Avatar
February 21, 2019 at 1:48 PM
That beautiful sound comes through in the end and love sonic sky! Congrats, DM!
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