Are You Listening
I’ve been whispering to you As to not disturb your streaming and clicking and daydreaming But this year I decided to shout The warm wind is here The ice brilliance is here The bird symphony is here The lilac scent is here Always been that way Why have you dismissed these? Like channels that don’t catch your fancy At one time there wasn’t an unseen creature with a crown That could turn the world upside down But now, so much to observe and feel Being apart from others, but closer To our true selves Scary to witness suffering, longing, fearing Find the perfect scene with a grasp to heal What is strangling our souls and keeping us engulfed In the big hurt Open the door, breathe, see, listen Our world, always changing, is injected with More hues, more sounds, more energy And you are in the midst of perfection Do I have your attention now? Linda Larim...