Voice of Earth

5/18/11

Voice of Earth

If one, at some point in his life –

Ticking ticking ticking away –

Stopped

And walked to a river, or a forest, or a field,

And stopped

To listen

Beyond the trains grinding the earth

And airplanes ripping the sky,

Beyond all sounds stirring in the air –

Even the birds

Even the creek

Even the crumpled murmur of a leaf –

One would hear, beyond all this, the

Fluent, vibrant voice of earth.