Sometimes

Sometimes
Avalanches happen
In silence.

The murky waters overtake you
The dove's shining pearl
Falls prey
Beneath the waves,
Sometimes.

Sometimes
Angels bow their heads
And shed golden tears
In quiet resignation,
Sometimes.

Sometimes
The arrow of tenderness
Reduces noble Pallas,
Plucks her diamond crown
And puts her to shame
Sometimes.

Sometimes
We look in the mirror
And encounter the shadow
Of our former selves

The sight is enough
To burst the shell
And silence the Muses
Sometimes,
Sometimes.