ShyEyes
Novice Sprinter
A single drop of liquid night
upon the dry and waiting page,
gives form to thoughts that fear the light
and quiet shadows born of age.
The slender feather traces down
a trail of dark and silent grace,
to build a world or break a crown
within the narrow paper space.
It does not speak in sudden shouts,
nor force the meaning to be clear
it softly leaves its noble doubts
for those who pause to listen near.
For words that live beyond the breath
are not the ones that roar aloud,
but those that trace the lines of death
and life beneath a quiet shroud.
upon the dry and waiting page,
gives form to thoughts that fear the light
and quiet shadows born of age.
The slender feather traces down
a trail of dark and silent grace,
to build a world or break a crown
within the narrow paper space.
It does not speak in sudden shouts,
nor force the meaning to be clear
it softly leaves its noble doubts
for those who pause to listen near.
For words that live beyond the breath
are not the ones that roar aloud,
but those that trace the lines of death
and life beneath a quiet shroud.
