AN OPEN SILENCE      

           
sustained effect    
of early mornings    
serotonin sun              
wore off    
this day    
as it      
went down    
and lingered on    
into the night              
under reflected light    
of passing    
qualude moon    
unseen above    
my rooftop    
yet felt infused    
in dreams    
i cant recall    
just now    
half awake here    
in this hour    
four forty four    
a m    
aware of equilibrium    
an open silence    
in my head    
eyes closed      
listening    
for words    
to filter in    
between the solvent    
perimeter of    
refrigerators hum    
and slow tick    
of plastic clock    
incessant on    
nights wall    
outside    
nights winds    
whip tree tops    
into restless dance    
as porch chimes    
sing    
in haunting tones    
a sudden    
night rain falls    
as pen    
in hand    
guides down    
these words    
like clouds    
lured in    
from empty skies    
words and clouds    
the distillation              
 of passing dreams    
exchanged between    
this mysterious
synergy    
of sleeping earth    
and i    
still half awake    
here in this    
hour    
four forty four    
a m    
now gone    
that equilibrium    
beyond this    
open silence    
in my head    
eyes closed    
ever listening    
for yet more    
words    
to filter in  
like captured  
fractured dreams  
they come  
arisen from beyond  
to partially  
fill  
its silent void  
before  
first lights  
peaceful breach  
of waking  
newborn  
dawn