The Stillness

In summer evenings
I seek the stillness 
in the light. 

In autumn evenings
the stillness 
moves into the night. 

As darkness envelops 
the stillness,
the mystery glows. 

The stillness clears my eyes,
calms my breath,
offers dark fecund silence

and sustains me. 

Crossposted at https://joanvinallcox.substack.com/p/the-stillness with a recorded reading

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