Silence

 silence 

can be golden

or guilting

silence

can defend

or defeat

silence

can be private

or public

it's all in the hearing

(rlg, 5-11-2020)

I continue the discipline of writing ten line compositions
almost every day since the beginning of Lent..

At first it was just a way to create during the Lenten season.

Now it has become an almost necessary form

of personal expression.

My inspiration often comes the night before via a scene, experience,

something read, or something heard.

The fire pictured above happened on Mother's Day morning.

The air was conducive to silent fireside contemplation.

The cattle grazing were seen on one of our drives through our rural countryside.

Silence for me is almost always golden...