Beckoning Silence Poem by Michele Clucas

Silence drives all thoughts away
A mantra of nothing echoing
Falling down through consciousness
Bring myself; my soul to reckoning

The outside beckons for me to stay
To find the dream of living
Fighting drawn from wariness
Bring myself; my soul to reckoning

As the echoes drive my mind astray
My prayers for fear of hearing
The nay in a silence of breathlessness
Bring myself; my soul to reckoning

So one final time I sigh this day
Unbearable the price of burdening
Aware of the sunlight’s recklessness
Bring myself; my soul to reckoning