Quiet
It snowed again today,
That may be insignificant
In a place already white.
It was quiet again today,
That is never insignificant
Where ever you are.
You may not know my silence,
It is the quiet of
A hundred miles.
A hundred miles of quiet
In which a falling snowflake
Can be heard
As it floats by,
So quietly into the white.
It snowed again today.
In a cold, day’s time,
Silently, the snow has gone.
With a sublime departure.
(2009)
