I Was Skating On Silence Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

Mary Angela Douglas

Mary Angela Douglas

Little Rock, Arkansas United States of America

I Was Skating On Silence

[to Ekaterina Gordayaeva]

I was skating on silence

I was not deterred-
I was breathing in the

winds that never ended.

they went straight through
my soul-

like a love uncomprehended

I was gliding through silence


like glades of ice, my
heart broke open more

than any rose

mary angela douglas 25 december 1997

Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Topic(s) of this poem: silence
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Mary Angela Douglas

Mary Angela Douglas

Little Rock, Arkansas United States of America
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