it would be so easy
to drink away the day
find
the dark hiding place
stay
till
there is no more sound

let walls
be walls
that
keep everything at bay
seeking
a quietude
resting in a mood
silence is the song sung
no tune to hum
relying on no one
scentless flowers
fill the air
attracting not a bee
nor butterfly
diving deeper into a midnight pool
cleansing more than the epidermis
absorbing till every pore overflows

a flicker dancing in the distance
resisting impossible
1’s own light
never dies
rest
rest
resting
till
revived