Disappearing Into Silent Spaces

Disappearing Into Silent Spaces


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Almost completed a poem


Then my phone ate it for supper


Leaving only fragments


It was about war


The innocence of childhood



It was about love


And the loss of what is good


It was about climbing peaks


And there being no escape



It was about community


And being alone



Like a dream it is gone


But it was also a prayer


For a better world


So many suffering 



Want to open my heart


Want to shut down


Want to reach out


Want to isolate



I call out in prayer


But only hear my own voice


Always waiting


For the next strike



There are no answers


Why must I fight


I love those who hurt me


But I fear losing that love



Words fail me


Language fails me


Disappearing into Silent Spaces


Arising Again As Love 



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David Arndt September 30th, 2022


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Artwork Crystallize by Mario Sanchez Nevado

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