IN A NEW WORLD OF SILENCE

Suddenly I notice that the incessant

sound of rain, that has reverberated

through these last three days, is not

there anymore. Silence.

Surely raindrops will still be falling

in the darkness beyond this island

of light, enclosed by walls and windows,

but in a drizzle beyond hearing -

a silent, lesser rain only for the sense

of touch if venturing outside,

and I, on my island in an ocean

of night, find myself

in a new world of silence, not of rain

beating down on roof and branch

and leaf and ground and growing

black pools amid the dark,

but of the ocean of night now

supreme, rolling across these hours

separating the dim, eroding hours

that remain of the autumn day.

15.09.2024

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