The muse has been muted
while we are both listening
for some reason-
we have both observed;
Profound is not discovery,
Epiphany is no certain
understanding-
A stumble or stall may not be accidental at all...
Just as falling drizzle drenches without a drop
so too does silence deafen without a note
left,
in absence-
There is room for us both
to wonder, to ponder,
what comes next
reason or rhyme,
a poets musing
or the muse leaving a poem
somewhere
in this thin air...
Artwork by Richard Bergh (1858-1919), 'After the sitting' c. 1884 in Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
