Selected Susurrations

Written By Kenley Ellis

Silence grows among the reeds,

weaving between the whistles,

dodging this rustle and that.

Silence lies tucked in the riverbeds

that run the waves of your hair

and silence

sits in the shadows of my mouth, pools

in the places your tongue occupies

on occasion, watches as you steal my speech

and I surrender.

Kenley Ellis

Kenley Ellis (she/her) is an English major at Brown University. Through her prose, poetry, and nonfiction, she works to alchemize her individual experiences of reality into transcendental, shareable art.

https://www.kenleyaspenellis.net/
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