THE SILENT CALL

I hear it again!

I hear it everyday

Every minute

Every second!

That soundless cry,

That voiceless call

From the oblivion

Where silence _______

Only silence echoes

And re-echoes,

Where there is

That strange formlessness.

 

I rush forward

In search of that cry,

In answer to the call.

And when I stand

On the threshold of separation,

A cruel voice I hear

Calling me back.

I feel unshakeable arms

Tighten around me.

 

I turn to look

At the face I hate,

——-the ugly face of existence!