First published online for the RUSSH 2024 Literary Showcase
COLLECTIVE HUSH
an effortless effervescence
the contagious unison-ic chant
free speech
melodic gasp
lyrics that catch in the throat
steal breath
slackens jaws
the first guitar strum
from my song
vibrations
plucking spines
widened eyes
I dissolve into fibres
slipping into gaps
lingering in the mind of a child
losing the narrative of me
the story of you
generosity uncovered by another
whispering obscurities
into a ballooning mind
expanding to accommodate the new
goosebumps coating arms
vastness glimpsed
and misunderstood