01/22:POC

The Storyteller

Her voice sounds warm 
like a fire without the crackle, 
like wood without knots 
and grains that flow out from the heartwood 
in gentle waves like rolling hills. 
She speaks while the radio crackles 
and the warbled voices stumble about 
in the blue background of warm noise.
She speaks in a language I can’t understand
Or don’t understand, 
or just don’t feel like understanding.
All the better 
to simply listen to the music of her voice,
so soft and spilling,
while the sun melts away into the ocean
spilling its hidden colours 

- J.H Lee

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