The Silent Treatment
january 7, 2019








The Silent Treatment
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Wordlessly I communicate
the feeling you gave me
I let you control
My fiber, my being
And I have nothing to say
Not in words; only energy
Do you hear me?
Are you even listening?
The constraint is deafening
The meaning expansive
To me. But do you hear
My prescription of silence?
Sound waves travel too slowly
When silence is the sound
May I speak now?
My body only screams.
All is still, I am unheard
Until I grow, my voice matures
My truth unleashed
I may let go, and so I’m free.
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xoxo, L
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a photo series with Moe Martinez