quiet

Stand Still

The loss is not yours alone, she said & you will see it in their eyes when they do not think you are watching. How long does it take? I said & she put her hand on my chest & we did not speak.

Secret Names

After he was quiet a long time, words began to come to him in dreams & told him their secret names & this was the way he learned the true nature of the world.

Quieter Today

this is a window into the stuff that goes on behind what we think about it & even if we were all to disappear tomorrow it would go on without even noticing except to comment now & then that it was quieter today than usual