Signs

It might be a slight movement

at the corner of an eye;

an involuntary twitch of the leg,

or a difference of

two barely discernible shades

of skin tone that betray

or admit,

or silently proclaim -

like a bell without a clapper,

or rebuke -

like the mute strike of a rifle shot

upon its target

before the deafening report.

John H Davies

3rd March 2011