Thursday, July 23, 2020

The inescapable hum (Day 1281)

The world drifts past 
like time   slow   unpredictable 
voices mingling with traffic 
and the inescapable hum 
of human existence 

Silence has been banished 

Even the farthest reaches 
of unrelieved ice and cloud 
are prey to the distant rumble 
trailing jumbo jets 
on their way around the globe 

How funny we are   yearning 
always   for that 
which we have destroyed 

We are the authors 
of our own discontent 

Spoiled children   we break 
the toys we love most   
surprised when we learn 
they are irreplaceable as time
which drifts past 
like the unpredictable world

© 2020 by Hannah Six

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