muted

puddles

in a house
supposed to calm
her voice
is audible
with indecipherable words
rendering him
uncomfortably anxious
this lull
stretches
to a pillow
smudging tears
across
the stubble
of a day
the ultimate sentence
of this chapter
will pour relief
upon
uncertainty's sidewalk
another month
and he will
splash himself
soaked
in its
puddles.