The Call of Denial

Nothing
can be its own explanation

Nothing
can leave itself

Nothing
can give dimension to time

Nothing
unsaid is spelt

Nothing
is nothing till something becomes

Nothing
a word unatoned 

Nothing
that last page of unwritten rhyme

Nothing
—a temptress unknown

(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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