Silence Diction Poem by Kesav Venkat Easwaran

Your silence
It makes me more eloquent,
compels me to speak more

The moon has left-
Unaware, the night has fallen asleep

The clouds give off a burning smell
Someone out there would have put out a fire

It was yesterday
Big thunderstorms and lightning where
I picked up mute, unspoken words
lying scattered on nonexistent lines

I also know how to speak silence

Now let me embrace sleep
No disturbance
Nowhere- none

The Sunrise could perhaps provide
a more understandable diction

April 11,2023