Deep
I sleep the sleep
of the peaceful deep
where pain is quelled
and secrets keep
where hands of time
no longer sweep
and sorrow sewn
no need to reap
fall quiet love
please do not weep
my lifelong climb
had grown too steep
my soul longed
to sleep this sleep
for I’m at peace
in this silent deep
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Down Down
my peace
soul-felt profound
down down ever down
into the waiting silence
without so much a single sound
absorbed
my spirit drowned
without so much a ripple
into the mute eternal
that gently buffets all around
~ ~ ~
rob kistner © 2012