I am given silence,
For a moment.
snow comes down this morning
Steady, heavy enough
To mute the trucks on the County Road
To stop the bus from coming
To wake and whirl the kids away
And so they are sleeping still.
I sit here and soak it in
The silence I so often seek
But soon enough is soured
By the empty noise within me.
Up the stairs I hear begin
The music of their wakefulness
They are coming to transfigure
The silence, and the snow outside.
I was given silence
And it was good and blessed
But now I am given sound
And I am grateful for it.
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