One Breath by Michael Dylan Welch - Editor Feature!

29 Oct

Written By O2 Haiku Editors

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Michael Dylan Welch

Sammamish, Washington

The mind, engulfed in a swirling whirlpool of blurred thoughts, battered relentlessly, until… relief.

This month’s Editor Feature goes to this piece. Two words have never been more skilfully crafted as a metaphor for the human experience. Participants of this worldly experiment, brought to their knees in search of guidance, answers, or connection— listening. All they are given is noise… dissonant sounds of wants and desires, clamouring with thoughts of expectation and hesitation. It is only then, amongst the din, that our subject understands their purpose; and in their reflection — silence.

O2 Haiku Editors