The Art Of Listening
By Veronica Aaronson
Hunt out wild flowers,
reach out, not to pick them
but as an offer of intimacy.
Stay open-hearted,
don’t put your ear
to the ground to listen
for sap or soil, instead
tune into the words
written between the lines –
visible in the way bluebell,
pink campion, stitchwort
offer up their secrets,
have made themselves
vulnerable against
pale and dark greens.
This is an offering –
last chance to hear
this moment’s prayer.
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