Category Archives: silence

silence

it echoes– this pause before words weighted breath

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if he shouts his silence (for R)

if he shouts his silence you will hear it quietly & your eyes will whisper truth making way for words

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if I say nothing

if I say nothing keep this heart sewn closed as my mouth if I just speak if I just speak if I just speak my eyes their truth and voice frames no words for you to spin if I say nothing you … Continue reading

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silence without the vow

beyond words, I have echoed the pulse of this planet, felt shifts in heat and magnetism drift from pole to pole in worship, sometimes there is a vow of silence or a moment of it wordlessness begins a knowing, an essential … Continue reading

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silenced

with mouth nailed shut her eyes shout hear them

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silencing

when I think of silencing I think of guns, a shot muffled, muted disguised into something else murder execution-style but with cowardice but this too is cowardice 2 women gaveled silent elected women stopped from speaking because 1 word echoed … Continue reading

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