Rapping on the wall
\nI heard an echo
\nresonating like a bell.
\nHail rattled on the roof.
\nRain pelted the windows.
\nRafters moaned with heartache.
\nA wave melted in the air.
\nI felt the heartbeat
\nof a soul.
\nThen silence
\nlike the intake of a sob,
\na wing
\nmotionless,
\nand all the atoms of the earth
\nstopped,
\nand I touched the wall
\nlike a wounded child,
\ngoing back to sleep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rapping on the wall I heard an echo resonating like a bell. Hail rattled on the roof. Rain pelted the windows. Rafters moaned with heartache.…<\/p>\n