Silent Night

It came out of the night

that the night time had,

and knocked on the

door that the black house had.

And the sound of the knock

echoed through the space

that the black house held;

all in the silence that the

silent night had.


The dust settled,

and the sound ceased,

as if creased by time.

The the fist that came

at the door withdrew,

and that sound of the knock

that the black house knew-

fell away;

in the silence of the silent night.