Standstill…

There is a time when time inhales

deeply to take in a breadth of secrets

Then after a pause, it exhales butterflies –

tiny bits of existence scheming the surface

of freshly mowed grass.

And bees – brave beings flaunting their buzz   

with vigilant eyes not fooled by false flowers

There is a time such as this

when time stands still

when the sound of silence

is the indifferent stare from

a defiant molehill

A time when the only silence

Is the screaming emptiness.