Lips Shut Tight – 23rd October 2024

~ shaun tenzenmen

Private in my thoughts
Breathe deeply with lips shut tight
Cautious of conflict
Concentrating and counting
Listen to air, push and pull

~What’s that I smell? An idea rising!~

My throat starts rattling
For a thought now fully formed
With my turn to speak
I watch you concentrating
Lips shut tight, breathing deeply

A tanka puente shared with Tanka Tuesday wordlist – listen, smell, speak

8 thoughts on “Lips Shut Tight – 23rd October 2024”

  1. Shaun, I like how things flow back and forth between the two. I wonder if there are two people or the inner and outer selves? I think it works both ways. Nice plucking of words for your word garden.

    I notice you haven’t linked up to Mr. Linky?

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