DEEPER THAN SILENCE

  Open up, speak the whispers

  that usually dwell deep. Anything

  but the slow press and squeeze of

  The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.

  silence. We need the tiger stripes

  of your voice music, mind notes.

  Open your arms like a smile

  and stand even taller,

  until the sun is no more than

  an umbrella, all eyes

  on the words you paint.

  Open up