withdrawn

sinking
deep into solitude

birds
singing dirges
in my head

and fly buzz and bee buzz
are not found
here in withdrawal land

its silence
is worse than
one found in death

its silence
tells it aloud
what fearing someone
can do to a child –
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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