SILENCE

silence permeates the air
an eerie stillness surrounds
memories upon memories eliminate
the need for more as thoughts
of the day before glimmer
inside filtering out that which
was never desired but experienced
as we attempt to alter the
reality of the moment and all
of its unintended consequences;



silence permeates the air
and I see all that was missed
and all that could have been
but wasn't as if the replay had
been distorted to make a point
and what was intertwined
was undone and never happened
as it was thought to have been;

silence permeates the air
and I listen to what is not there
hoping for clarification on all
that had been experienced...
a sort of replay in slow motion
but with different actors and
a different script written by
a mental surrogate whose
attempts to infiltrate failed;

silence permeates the air                                 
momentarily as the birds attempt
to catch their breath and the
wind attempts to change direction
and the sun believes it is better
off today behind the clouds
and the distant sounds return
from holiday and my minds
begins to sort out its purpose
from one day to the next.

7 August 2020