Loud Silence
We sit in the soft chairs
facing each other and we
listen to the beautiful music
coming out of the small
radio on the top of the piano.
The room is trapped in
twilight and aroma
of bitter-sweet memories.
Your lips are tight shut
and your eyes are closed,
but your head moves with
the slowly unfolding rhythm
of the dark German sonata.
Suddenly you raise your
finger in a gesture which tells me
to shut up, although I haven’t
said anything for the last
two hours.
facing each other and we
listen to the beautiful music
coming out of the small
radio on the top of the piano.
The room is trapped in
twilight and aroma
of bitter-sweet memories.
Your lips are tight shut
and your eyes are closed,
but your head moves with
the slowly unfolding rhythm
of the dark German sonata.
Suddenly you raise your
finger in a gesture which tells me
to shut up, although I haven’t
said anything for the last
two hours.
About the Author
Peycho Kanev is the author of 12 poetry collections and three chapbooks, published in the USA and Europe. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, such as: Rattle, Poetry Quarterly, Evergreen Review, Front Porch Review, Hawaii Review, Barrow Street, Sheepshead Review, Off the Coast, The Adirondack Review, Sierra Nevada Review, The Cleveland Review and many others. His new book of poetry titled A Fake Memoir was published in 2022 by Cyberwit press.