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