Behind You, Waiting

for a break
in the monotony
a suspension 

of sound
            – the silence 

             of snowfall

Luck turns
on errant winds
no safe bets

bricked in
with false exits
and silent 

alarms

He says
nothing –

words left long ago on
parted lips

no more speak
                        of that
which cannot be 

undone

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