Beyond
for Pavel
Sudden silence in the heart as if frost 
listened for dawn, mist tendrils hestitant
reach: tuck themselves back
beneath 
the paws of night.

It's the thought of someone listening. One 
deliberately hears. 
Meet the cross, two
listen beyond mere voices:
who speaks?

eternal rest 
the silent syllable
within a word

beyond the murmur of the mere 
    kindly voices, 
    a song 
within the flesh
beyond the soul.
 
 



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