Mind Game
      
   Turbulent confusion rises,
   Strewing bubbles of noise;
   Other connections pop,
   Settle, halting, to earth,
   Arrested by the sound of

   s pace.

   Echoes, lost in chaos, 
   Call scattered thoughts;
   Slammed into awareness 
   Amidst rising voices,

   Utter calm

Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002 David W. Strauss


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