DEEPER THAN SILENCE

Open up, speak the whispers

that usually dwell deep. Anything

but the slow press and squeeze of

The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.

silence. We need the tiger stripes

of your voice music, mind notes.

Open your arms like a smile

and stand even taller,

until the sun is no more than

an umbrella, all eyes

on the words you paint.

Open up