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The Edge Of Silence by Ivy

8/23/2019

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​I’ve lost my edge
words form round and vague 
my sharp is a dull knife 
I keep the gods at my feet 
swiping at them whenever they move too far
bringing them closer with the power of my hair
the call of the other side has never been more far away when my coffee arrives it’s been saturated with magic
I’ve lost my rough
words land on the roof 
or under barstools and sticky tables 
my fingers forgot how to fight
instead they tap 
slow and soft 
the light in the room rotates muted and pale
the wind floats through like smoke
sheer curtains hold the glass hummingbird in place
smothering her wings 
I don’t know how to describe this smell
a mixture of leaves from trees and red mud 
there’s a shocking white trash liner 
flapping a doves wing at me 
from the edge of the copper can 
his typing makes noise 
I’m quiet like a prayer or a calm but approaching storm
the puppy tries to steal my potato 
then sits between our writer’s hips 
he has been the one since beer came by the pitchers 
and prime rib served at Sunday dinners
rains hits the gravel driveway 
reminding me of rivers past 
sitting on rocks meditating about the day 
the sky looks like a cloud 
wrapping around my windows
holding us in place
I could turn and look at him if I wanted to 
but the palms wave my attention away 
we charged the deck on the night of the portal 
and now she tells me I’m a serpent 
I feel the twisting in my sternum like a drill
my smile has shaped into a new form 
I’m not ready to swallow yet 
so laundry sits waiting for me fold 
doors remain open waiting for me to close 
and the shelves remain out of place 
waiting for me to arrange 
my wish was for peace
not quiet peace
but active charged peace 
hot wire peace 
peace that remains alive 
the kind of peace that keeps me in bed 
but my hands are moving towards my lover
my eyes see through a web of history 
but my feet are pointed towards the future 
and my tummy cradles the edge 
holding her in hibernation 
but for now my skin can breath in the silence
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