Silence

a deer in the woods-
the chorus of spring peepers
suddenly silent
–
midnight-
startled awake by
preternatural stillness

as the sun rises
I try once more to forget
the sins of my past
–
spring evening-
frogs still
as I walk past

deafening silence-
either speak out or admit
your complicity
–
becalmed-
the sea reclaims
what’s rightly hers

the dragonfly’s drone
suddenly silenced when it
alights on my palm
–
stillness-
the dragonfly
landed

The night’s slow passage
A stanza in the poem
Of my sleeplessness