Still

 in the still
       Still
       STILL
       of the evening
when the earth
         holds it's breath
and the sky
             h o v e r s
between light 
        and dark
somehow neither
        and both
at once
we sit in silence
in the silence
ourselves
still
as time 
        s
         t
          r
           e
            t
             c
              h
               e
                s
                  out


c. 7/5/2008, B. Riley