Silent Stillness

The deafening quiet
silences my heart.
Like a peace
that pervades
a windless lake.

I'll sail tomorrow.

Anchored in time,
I retrieve my limbs
from reaching
for more
than they can
easily grasp.


Looking within
I get acquainted
with the me
that feels

intimately and deeply

accessed best
in this
peacefully quiet state.



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Photograph © Dennis Frates