When Silence Learns My Name Clock-gears clash inside my skull,whirring at the speed of dread.I hand them to the hush,dawn-bright, seventh-day light,and watch their teeth unclench.My pulse paces the room,suspicious of a stillnesstoo soft to be trusted.Yet quiet keeps breathing for me,widening the space between thoughtsuntil worry, surprised by gentleness,folds its frantic wings and sleeps. […]