Just Sounds Redux by Marian Kilcoyne
A small part of you believes an old house
holds all its secrets, conversations,
and lies, in repositorial dignity in walls thick
enough to quiet the chatter.
But what if walls are just walls, and conversations
meld to nothing and lies die under their own heft, and
secrets strangle each other deflating puffed up chests,
preventing the desire to tell and tell?
A small part of you believes that an old house is extant
unadorned by presence, the inside as tranquil as when
you left it. There are no voices or grating wails, no
howls no laughter. Nothing.
When there is no answer two small parts must coexist.
Small dissonant parts cohere with
abandon or realism, ensuring being.
Marian is an Irish writer based on the west coast of Ireland. She has been published widely in Europe and the US. and has read her work on National Radio. She was shortlisted for the Dermot Healy International poetry competition, 2017. She joined the editorial board of Beyond Words International Literary Magazine, Berlin for issue 5 July August 2020.Her book, The Heart Uncut was published October 2020 by Wordsonthestreet, Galway.