Revelation

"Where rode the Bird
The Silence tied..."
~ Emily Dickinson



The angels of silence 
sculpt themselves into stone.

Which of them knows 
our origins, our multitudes?

We put in front of them
also our own silences.

We don't mention
what we've learned—

their overlove 
for immutability;  

their penchant for cold 
heights.

One day our hands made 
tatters, and enclosures 

collapsed. Suddenly, 
a heaven candled with light.


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