Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Seeking Safe Silence


The wild flower floated in the wave of the field

And the bountiful rains brought a bountiful yield

And the mouse without shelter to the eagle appealed

Have some grain, please refrain, I don’t wish to be killed

 

Do you quiver and quake at the thought of a crowd?

Do you find just the thought to be unbearably loud?

Where can you hide? In the mist of a cloud?

Where can you address your fears and still remain proud?

 

When the moon over incoming waves light the bay

The ebb strikes the flotsam with undulating delay

You can hear a distinction in a colorless way

That you’d miss in the bustling clear light of day

 

Where a fool finds a penny and considers it joy

Where the west finds the kidney, the east finds the soy

Plant your wish underground and consider the ploy

To add shadow to light via special envoy

 

Escape on the heels of the sounding brass horn

Retreat to the meadow of sweet silky corn

Find your peace on this fine and most fashionable morn’

For this greatness, my love, you were most surely born!

 

By Royce Waxenfelter

6/14/17

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