a stillness, a silence
motionless quiet
no speed no sound
a tracker crouches low
sign spotted in stealth
complete blackness
the stark darkness
waits for eruption
arrival incognito
the heart flutters
beating hard
placid rhythms
crosses the pool
water like glass
rises in time
the heart beats
then skips
a tracker points
toward the sky
a star blinks
like a winking eye

a stillness, a silence
motion becomes action
horse hooves pound
an ambush awaits
with speed, an explosion
of life breathing
hearts pound fast
expulsion of momentum
heard only by a tracker
axis turned of a universe
earth moved, worlds revolve
across the blackness
the quiet starkness
silent as the night
quick as the stars
blinking in irregular time
a tracker turns sign
with a universal pulse
listens with his heart

a stillness, a silence
senses the motion
with an inward ear
hearing with a closed eye
lid blinking synchronized
with a distant star
no speed, no sound
only memory revisited
the heart remembers
space like water
still as glass
the rises far off
approaching stealth
a tracker is ambushed
motionless quiet
the hooves upon him
silent and still
a heart beat

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