Chrysogonus #14 - Om

OM

after Robert Verdon's "Nada Brahma"

a soft hum before time began

and a whisper of the first tune

the last echo to fade in time

of a requiem for all sounds

it stays in the ricochet

of falling brown leaves

and the moment between

each drop from a dripping tap

it sings the cadenza

in the heartbeat of beetles

and the loud breath

of flocking mosquitoes

in the noise of crashing snowflakes

and ice melting under the sun

in the sigh of wood burning

and the last scream of vanishing smoke

it’s the buzz in your ears

from somewhere in time

a distant memory

but maybe you have never heard it?