The Owl Theory

Leaving isn’t always loud,
your departure was as quiet 

as the rose petals in my bible,
fluttering to the ground, their

translucent wings barely audible,
soft violins playing

to the quiet night.

Layla Lenhardt is Editor in Chief of 1932 Quarterly. She has been most recently published in Rust + Moth, Glass Mountain, Poetry Quarterly, and Pennsylvania Literary Journal. She is a 4th place finalist in Poetry Super Highway’s 2019 Poetry Contest. www.laylalenhardt.com