Marie-Andrée Auclair's poems have appeared in several print and online publications in Canada-where she lives-and other countries, for instance Canada (Existere); the UK (The Frogmore Papers); Japan (Tokyo Poetry Journal) and US (The Flagler). She enjoys photography, traveling and dancing.

Marie-Andrée Auclair

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Silence

Silence is cotton wool
I wrap around tender spots
sometimes
I lift the bandage too fast
spill words
bleed again
other times
I peek, see not even a scar
to witness hurt
I see smooth skin
of secrets gone
underground
etched on bones.