A moment of clarity

The scene is empty at a glance

Rituals rule the day

Given way to fast-paced plays,

unimpressive ways

The heavy blanket 

threatening to suffocate

Then the noise intrudes

A welcome moment?

The clouds clear

for the clarity is unexpected

Please move on now 

peace is now realised within

Silent thoughts of the not so lonely

-Camille Delaquise

This poem appears in Behind the Facade, Camille’s debut contemporary poetry collection. A moment of clarity speaks to the sudden arrival of inner stillness — that rare break in the pressure of routine where peace emerges unexpectedly and the self can finally hear its own quiet truth.

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