Begging the Major Question

An enclosing solitude
can seem the wiser choice;
opting for the solo note –
uninterrupted voice –

against a messy chorus
of discord, competing songs –
lends a sense of agency:
resorting, when one longs

for peace, to secretive retreat –
proposing to reject
the whole for one lone part of it:
in quiet, to inspect

its singularity: but now
that enterprise feels odd –
the clamor pushed away might
be the blast and breath of God.

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