Before Silence Broke

warm hush enclosing,
rivers curl in soundless dark,
pulse a distant drum.

veiled in breathless deep,
slow tide cradles coiled spirit,
time sleeps without name.

fingers form in dusk,
soft unspoken murmurs bloom,
language not yet born.

heartbeat’s lullaby,
whispers stitch the quiet sea,
floating in the hush.

then the hush shatters,
light carves through the trembling void,
silence comes undone.