To Quell

Is it not more effective to silence

madness with silence than to quiet

with noise?

To treat the self with due care

rather than a piercing

An unheard song

rather than a beat-beating

A deep breath

rather than an unthought-of word.

To pause, to call to mind,

finally to inhabit;

One need not announce

arriving if welcomed

One need not fear

any solace sought.