Collected Poems of John Holmes
Holmes, John A., Jr.
2002
Silence
Silence
Silence is where I live, A loneliness, a liberty. Nothing that I contrive. A modesty. | |
Not what I seek, but save, In that contrary country, Gives me the good I have, An ease, an entry | |
To nothingness and no one. Native there, a necessity I wonder mildly much on, I find rarity. | |
One right is wholly mine In silence. An economy. And one care. To return To sincerity. | |