to stop...

hush
I had forgotten
the noise of living quickly drowns
soft velvet whispers

my own...

music
no, make no mistake
in a room full of quiet
I dance for myself
.............................................

that quiet is everywhere I go
whoever I'm with, whatever I'm doing
it slides my eyes closed and my mind open
I can hear it, I can feel it...so I dance
and watching eyes fade away

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crowd
the wave starts again
voices rising and falling
smooth currents of words

a thin...

cord
faster than these words
I run ahead of myself
ground me, hold me down