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Sit Silent

Digging Deep

28 Oct

Sit silent.
Sneak between fleshy folds
of this murky night
and fasten your listening    
to the beat of your breath.

Sit still
with your broken confidence.
As a wolf with a blistered paw,
     you rock him in your lap
until he dozes and snores away his ills.

Allow the death of silence
to devour your devils; rip into
their muscles with eager fangs,
a grand demolition
with teeth and jaws; lip-smacking gusto
and grease at the corners of a glutted grin.

Ravaged, your innards gouged out
like a rotting squash, relieved
of all that was not forged
from your bones or blood.
You rise, lock eyes
with the pale light
     of a new moon.

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  1. ruthie says

    October 28, 2022 at 3:40 pm

    BROKEN IN THE FLESH – THE DEATH OF SILENCE INTRUDES UPON THE FRAGILE HEART – AND THEN THE SOUND OF SPIRIT WIND – IN THE STILLNESS OF THE NIGHT – AND THE HAND OF LIFE TOUCHES ANOTHER LIGHT ….THE BRIGHTNESS – OF A NEW MOON..

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    • Dawn-Dyanna Dhyanna says

      January 1, 2023 at 10:40 am

      Thank you for your poetic response!

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  2. ruthie says

    October 28, 2022 at 3:45 pm

    AND IN TH BRIGHTNESS OF A NEW MOON – SHINES YOUR BRILLIANT GIFT…SHINING LIGHT UPON THE WORLD…… DAWN-DYANNA – SUCH A POWERFUL, BEAUTIFUL POEM..

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    • Dawn-Dyanna Dhyanna says

      October 29, 2022 at 9:09 am

      Thank you so very much for your uplifting comments!
      Sending much love,
      Dawn-Dyanna

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