What is being said?
…by the birds
by another person
by the wind whipping under clouds crashing together making thunder,
Or a simple lack of noise
Breathing
a quiet tick, tick, tick
I had (well ok, still have) a lot to say
To share
To explain
To extrapolate and translate
But the words are slowly slowing down
the pauses are growing
Time for my ears do their work
Time for synapses to swirl and sift
Time for messages to be received
Time for just…nothing
Or something unexpected
I don’t have to DO
I don’t have to KNOW
I don’t have to FILL-UP
To be serious or delirious
Listening is mysterious
And I couldn’t live without it now