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Soft Silence

Knee joints pop

With sounds of aging

As his haunches settle

Into the resilience of hemp.

He is seeking a soft silence,

Reverence for universal truths

And a communion with the

Silence of the moment.

 

Thoughts bounce through his mind

Like static on a distant radio station.

Memories of past silences come

Like a prairie wind.

 

Soft silence settles around him

While his mind tries to forget

What harshness silence has nourished

During his lifetime.

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Written by
william-a-poppen
89 / M / American
Published
May 13, 2012
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