R Jay Slais
Listen Intently
After the snow, hear nothing
but a distant scraping
from the invisible
flattening of the night.
A cracked stick noise
dies quickly, the frozen air
tries to strangle any sound.
Skeletons adorned in glass shards
dress to dance with my bones,
each breath becomes a ghost,
whispers hushed in thought.
Silence surrounds that space
near the turn point of echo,
where a forgotten epiphany
can suddenly remember its secret.
Bio
R Jay Slais lives in Washington, Michigan. His publications include poems at Blue Fifth Review, Boston Literary Magazine, The Pedestal Magazine, Poets/Artists, Right Hand Pointing, and Press 53, 53 Word Story winner. He has had two Sundresses Best of the Net nominations and is the author of a chapbook, Mice Verses Man, (2010 Big Table Publishing).