Stones wander lost in the sound of water’s voice
Flowers are the earth’s interjections
Humans are the only animals that may choose not to speak
There’s no natural sound some bird somewhere can’t mimic
I’ve asked myself what happened with and without words
The universe crackles with the staticy sound of its birth even as it dies
Starlight can take millennia to alight on the nighttime water
I can’t hear you over the sound of the surf but I wasn’t listening anyway
[pad 4.13.2 - 7/5/09]
