The black night’s silence
is loud, so loud
And you must bend your heart to hear
so loud
Dried oak leaf flutters through the darkness and caresses earth with a rattled kiss
so loud
Pulse beats slowly for nothing excites
so loud
Calm night a spring compressed but still
so still
Muffled bent wing of an insect darting on its errand harvest
so loud
Stars bright and bold twinkle, crackling with emotion
so loud
My mother passed and I thought of my dead father
so loud, so very loud
Memories in the black night
should end forever  but never are lost
so loud, so loud.