hear

hir

i can’t hear silence

i can't hear silence 
but i can listen to it 
in pregnant darkness

what word would they speak
if i could hear ten thousand
voices all at once

kick down from the light
and all i hear is silence
as the world recedes

i need a stout heart
to hear without any flinch
this din of battle

you sometimes hear me
speaking from my hiding place
behind the mirror