Saturday, March 29, 2014

The Sound That Woos Your Lips


The sound formed before
Your first breath

The sound of nobody’s voice
You recall so close to your ear

The sound open as a lidless eye
That waits for morning

The sound rolling out of itself
Not shouting but tolling soft alarms

The unasked for sound
The yet-to-be-begotten sound
Never to be forgotten sound

Not the sound of the eruption
But what you hear when ash falls three nights later

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