The Quiet

A Poem for NaPoWriMo Day 7

Priyanka Srivastava

1 min readApr 7, 2020

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This is how I disturb
the silence around me
I write

Photo by Eea Ikeda on Unsplash

if everything is quiet
how will sky speak to the stars
how will leaves colour the path
how will sadness kiss the ink
if everything is quiet
how will poets breathe.

Priyanka Srivastava

Written by Priyanka Srivastava

Editor of Literary Impulse, Writer when I am free, Artist when my words are silent and reader when there are books which I love to read.

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