this need for silence
where solace is found
oft leads to introspection
and homeostasis
a select few
can pass the walls
which protect
the emerging strength
when charged and available again
the world a playground
selecting longevity
in a world designed to ambush
but when it’s all too much
i’ll retreat again
to the cocoon
of my salvation
Susi Bocks – writer/author/poet, has self-published two books – Feeling Human and Every Day I Pause. You can find her work at IWriteHer.com or follow her on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MyHumanityInWrittenForm/, where she invites you to read her thoughts and get to know her. Bocks’ work has been published in the anthology SMITTEN: This Is What Love Looks Like: Poetry by Women for Women and in Scarlet Leaf Review, VitaBrevis, Spillwords, Literary Yard, as well as other literary magazines.
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