silence may be defined
as the left over chill
that falls in the wake
of a calamity. In light
of past events, I never
could have known what
quiet sounded like.
Silence is the result
of having one of our
most precious organs
removed. Neither can
we know what sound
is like, until it's gone.
without any sound to
displace it, the quiet
wouldn't exist. These
questions lie curled up
along the interior rim
of a nautilus shell in
side my skull with
breath held as if for
a pin to drop
