Friday, February 11, 2022

After effects

 


After the audiobook,

the cadence of the author's voice
still echoes through my mind,
asserting its abstract imagery,
braids of sound like water
or like flame

I think her voice was speeded up
a little, and traces of the on-edge sense
her speed induced
still spike my mind,
though I am sleepy,
and I want my own room back,
the gentle rhythms of my own thought,
my own words -
I want my dreams to run clear
so I can  nestle once again
into my own peace.

©Wendy Mulhern
February 11, 2022

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