Quiet Noise

2022

by C.K.Itamura

I’d forgotten what quiet is - quiet is

no traffic no voice, there are sounds

in the quiet hum-din above a small aircraft

a bird with a long low trill a squirrel a few flying insects

a yellow bee or a jacket some hikers trek on cool shaded trails

soft coughing or was that a sneeze? trailing off far in the distance

in one moment the sun climbs over the crest hides suddenly, dim

hot wind plunging low pressure, down pouring, all around

a warm dry rain leaves falling a thousand years

tumbling to alight rustling now grounded

arrival over then stillness

breathing ah! room

quiet noise

forgotten