Shutdown

The electricity shut down.

As I sat in a dark still room,

I savored the eloquent tune of silence.

Snow fell outside unflinchingly

and no one moved.

I stared as the dim light shone through window

the wooden floor, the dining table, and the chair stayed barren.

Without distraction, illusions, or deliberation,

I saw what is.

And that satisfied my senses.

1.25.2026