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Posted on February 19, 2020June 19, 2021

Noisy Silence

 

 

I came to the woods seeking     Owl

quiet,

gentle moments of insight,

the meaning of a bird.

Instead I found clamor,

relentless chatter and clanging:

self-doubt,

fear,

          refrains of the past,

dark imaginings.

Am I a hopeless kind of monk,

or do all those brethren

live with it, too?

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