I want to listen
to it all
to the sun rising
into the indescribable blue of infinity
full of whispering clouds floating
within the sweet nothingness of
endless sky falling
into the story of forever
kissing the far-off horizon
where it dips down to touch
the untold mysteries of the sea
diving deep
deep into the silence
of the womb
of mother earth’s divine creation.
I want to feel
it all
deeper than my skin
peeled back
to reveal
my blood flowing red
my heart beating wild
in love with the ecstasy
of being alive
in this world
of beginnings and endings
forever tied up in the stories we tell
so that we do not have
to listen
to the beauty of the silence
that yearns to be heard
above the cacophony of our human noise.
I want to listen
without knowing
I am listening
to anything
other than life
unfurling
in all its mysterious beauty
and unfathomable cruelty
impregnating the darkness and the light
with the wholeness
that rises up
to embrace me
when I listen
deeply
to it all.
A Poetry Affair 