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measured_words ([personal profile] measured_words) wrote2008-08-15 12:27 pm
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Cicada Song

Spring is their symphony. The sound, the singing, fills my head, blocking out all thought. My ears ring, empty, when they briefly break from their nigh-constant resonance. The evening is their time – my head aches with the humming.

This is how it has become: they sing, and, all else driven from my mind, I listen. This simple meditation brings me peace. Now, I find no peace without the humming.

I sit at a desk, a glowing screen before me. Around me, there is only chatter. My ears ring with an echo that breaks all concentration. Someone speaks but words barely reach me. I stare into an empty face, searching for absent humming.

That room is gone now. Summer comes. I sit outside, listening, always. My thoughts drown, and I am consumed with the humming.

A yard, a path, a wood, I follow. The sun blazes, and I follow the song. It grows fainter, days grow darker. My peace is fading and I am left with nothing but ringing noise. I follow deeper, questing for the humming.

The song has closed, the concert ended. The cold time has come. I will sleep here, sleep and banish bland ringing sound from my empty shell. When spring comes, I will be filled with a symphony of humming.

[identity profile] ladyiolanthe.livejournal.com 2008-08-16 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Lovely. :)

[identity profile] measured-words.livejournal.com 2008-08-16 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks :D

[identity profile] hendrikboom.livejournal.com 2008-08-16 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I read once that there are a number of species of cicadas, with different lengths of life cycles. The funny thing, is, each life cycle length is a prime number of years. Now how could *that* have evolved?