Aphonic
She is the lament
of the voiceless
consuming silence
onto parchment
into the psyche,
histories skirmish
chains of the enslaved
loosen their duress
to her words–
we together manipulate
the pendulum
to rebuild our most treasured
commodity-
hope.
Carl Scharwath's work has appeared internationally with over eighty publications selecting his poetry, short stories, essays or art photography. He won the National Poetry Contest award on behalf of Writers One Flight Up. His first poetry book “Journey To Become Forgotten” was published by Kind of a Hurricane Press.
She is the lament
of the voiceless
consuming silence
onto parchment
into the psyche,
histories skirmish
chains of the enslaved
loosen their duress
to her words–
we together manipulate
the pendulum
to rebuild our most treasured
commodity-
hope.
Carl Scharwath's work has appeared internationally with over eighty publications selecting his poetry, short stories, essays or art photography. He won the National Poetry Contest award on behalf of Writers One Flight Up. His first poetry book “Journey To Become Forgotten” was published by Kind of a Hurricane Press.