IN THE SILENCE OF THE HOUSE
ALM No.88, April 2026
POETRY


IN THE SILENCE OF THE HOUSE
In the comfort of this house
The night time is an escape
An escape to hear my inner voice
Speak ,speak words of peace to me
Sugar coated sweet
In this house of consolation
Harmony flying into my freedom
Scents of peace descends in the fortified fragrances tranquillo
The night unleashes its heat
Overwhelming ethereal stillness
With white starlights in the summertime sky
I wish the night would not end
I close my eyes
The bedroom filled with orange light
The night my complexion it mirrors
Complexion of my complexity
THE PEACEMAKER
It was all in the signs
Understood I needed to find myself reticence
Flee the city
Extract myself out of the flow of human traffic
Find solace in my soul
I arrived at a place called Peace
On top of a range of mountains
Listened to the ring of the bells
The ripples sounded and echoed in my heart
I met the Peacemaker
He was contentment in harmony
Craved for him to feed my soul on my path
The path I was walking
Candid he spoke of silence
Take note of the inner voice he said
Hand over indignation
Peel of the layers of the world
And the self sentence of abasement
EMPERORS COVE
We dived deep into the ocean
Tumbled and swirled
Swam up the waves
Reached the swirling tops
Birds sang on high as the angels
Our senses filled us with fragrances
Jasmine and Beach Roses
Spring Holly and purple Petunias
Waters power within us
It held us together pleasurable
Delightful sunlight on our faces
We dived into Emperors cove
The sea waves threw a blanket on us
Water embraced our love
Our love was everlasting
Anna Kapungu’s first book entitled ,`Water falling between words` was published in 2015. The writer has a Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree in Hotel Management from South Bank University London and a Diploma in Public Relations .After reading several of your publications ,the author felt her work may be a fit with your publishing house . The writer's poems have been published in major print and online publications, including Jonah, The Opiate, Aaduna, Mystic Blue Review ,Halcyone, HCE Review, Adelaide Literary ,Oddville Press and Blazevox.