to bird us

some return in music

silhouette of bird against a sunset in egypt

Where once music, now noise. I mean to sing against the roar of it, to find the others to recover a refrain from memory. To call and call in aria, unceasing, I do––but for today, only shelter. Only weep.

Author: Stacey C. Johnson

I keep watch and listen, mostly in dark places.

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