ACCOUNT OF MY DAYS
Sequence: 4
REFUSAL TO MAKE MUSIC
I have lost my ears the silence is so large in them
where I am led there will my silence go
my silence won't overwhelm me
it is the rest of me joined to the rest of others
an ocean stretching far from the smashing rocks
full silence has an underlife where I recover my salty nature
where I drown the fish seek out my ribs
I am inhabited by their silence and the little strokes
that move them through my chest
the rest between waves is silent
my heart has a silent moment
if the old hollows of my eyes fill with silence
the tears wash them with a music that does not have to be made