I will be silent

I will be silent.

the night

guards the treasures.

…moonlight bleeds,

     

marking the map

for the day to follow.

silence,

makes the air too heavy to breathe

and disassemble birds

part by part.

I can be silent about it, but

I must

collect all the body parts,

all the feathers,

all dust,

 …ashes

from the burnout fire.

I can be silent

about falling stars, but

I cannot forget the light

c: Nina K Orlovskaya 7/15/2012