by Violeen Graham

They said

My madness

Is that empty well covered with moss

Is that water reflecting rosy dawn and birds cannot find

Is that icy cold rocks animals away from home cannot hide

The sun lost its silence

Just like I let go of my promises

They lied to me

Those golden pieces accidentally 

Fall from the edge of the table and smashed

Isn't the one from the sky during the day

I cried 

Then I laughed and said 

Hello, can we know each other again?

When the lost silence becomes the new quietness

Seasons change, months and years flows into sadness

Nobody

Can escape from the pain of broken masks

That day

The day it fell into thousands pieces

Maybe

Someone saw

Its silence, left with its black hood on

Millions emotions suddenly burst out in its throat

They kept my eyes closed and beg

Don't look, you madness will tear you apart

Too late

When we first met

When I was a funny child

Everything is done

Between their crevices of hot fingers

I saw the fallen of the sun

No coincidence

No accident

It slowly opened the cell of silence

One side of its body welcomed the collision

An anticipated spasm passed through its body

They said

My madness 

Is because the light from the night sky is too bright

I cried 

I smiled and said 

Is because promises fleeing with silence 

Drove sanity away 

Then sacrificed the quietness

(END)

These are some of my handmade beaded earrings, the LACE Series. 

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