Petal Journal

Brooke Manning

To be silent and alone with you

looking at and into

long lapses in time when our voices may carry

the quiet heaven of our individual

depth

We speak to the affect of ablating it

We heal within its silence

We sit quietly within the softened wash of night

Transfixed beneath the motion of this night’s own

evaporating shadow

A quiet reminder

                we need never fear our very own

06/15, from of silence

If not for the rain

it would be hard to imagine

the fact of that

stranger

If not for

the curve in this

road

this

tongue

                        theirs

a fork

a gentle pressure of

drops             leaving

pools

If not for

the words we call

thunder

and

motion

it would be hard to imagine

this  face

once  stranger

05/15, from of silence

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Brooke Manning is a musician (working under the moniker LOOM), poet, photographer, and owner of shop in Toronto called Likely General. She studied literature and Art History at Queen’s University before transferring to OCAD where she completed her degree. Her articles, interviews, photography and poetry have been published in notable journals including the Queen’s Literary Review, Southern Souls, HIS/HER, Lighthouse Press, and The 4 Poets. She is the current manager of media relations and distribution for The 4 Poets journal.