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
</div>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.