A Voice

  

Hush, hold your breath

Don’t move, I can feel you

The heart waits

The mind waits

Delirious, cacophonous noise awaits movement

Dissonant chords, twanging vibrato

Delicious, drumming and humming to

Invisible, silent beats

Don’t speak, she said

Don’t make a sound, she pled

She waits

A limb quakes

I’m afraid

I’m frail

I’m full

I’m overwhelmed

Don’t breathe, she said

Her exhale rocks the sea

but all she said was

hear

me