A Vow

Considering a vow of internal silence,
I practice. Let my times proceed
without a narrative, let me take things in
constructing no instructions,
let me see people
without drawing conclusions.

In the ensuing quiet
I may hear
the jokes the ravens tell
across the hills.

©Wendy Mulhern
November 18, 2019

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