The Fluency of Unmuffled Words
Like
chrysalism,
that
amniotic tranquility felt indoors
during
the eerie tension of a t-storm,
ugly
words become
muffled
words,
like
upstairs arguments,
or
those in a next-door hotel room or apartment
because
even white noise is never silent.
There
are not enough words for
what
we really need to communicate to each other,
amid
the great profusion of claps
that
could potentially break fragile thoughts.
Know
that as we repaint the air
with
the true colors of tenderness,
we
will recover the smooth form of our nerves
after
the release of anxiety,
will
rebuild the once waning strength of our angst.
And
the fluency of our unmuffled words
will
help us both
love
the beauty and/of the dark.
Linda Imbler
Linda Imbler’s poetry
collections include six published paperbacks: Big Questions, Little Sleep,
Big Questions, Little Sleep second edition
(expanded with 66 additional
poems); Lost and Found; Red Is The Sunrise; Bus Lights; Travel
Sight; and Spica’s Frequency. Soma Publishing
has published her four
e-book collections, The Sea’s Secret Song; Pairings, a hybrid of
short fiction and poetry; and That Fifth Element; and Per Quindecim.
Her new book, Rhythms Told, will be published this autumn. Examples of Linda’s poetry and a listing of publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com