The Taste of Silence

THE TASTE OF SILENCE




Noisy salt and sulphur at creation
Made the world’s taste perfect;
But here in my garden it is still.

A tenderness of snow floats to earth  -
Down, soft like ducks’ down.
Under the dense hedge
The cat sleeps in velvet silence,
And the snail takes his stroll
Beside the bulging crocus.
 
The quietude tastes primeval.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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March 23, 2015 at 8:58 PM
this is just gorgeous, sidney! i especially love the line about the cat...
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