questions and answers.
Listen,
Listen, so that you can hear:
the answers to your questions
are carried on the air;
you need only gather
the many strands,
like flowers,
into a nosegay
Listen, so that you can hear:
the answers to your questions
are carried on the air;
you need only gather
the many strands,
like flowers,
into a nosegay
—your mind will blossom.
The universe speaks,
singing the answers
to all our questions;
a musical coherence.
singing the answers
to all our questions;
a musical coherence.
Who are the listeners?
They are the ones who
need never ask a question;
they listen to the wind,
the ground, the ocean;
they hear the answers,
and then respond
with appropriate gratitude:
need never ask a question;
they listen to the wind,
the ground, the ocean;
they hear the answers,
and then respond
with appropriate gratitude:
the silence of knowing.
© 2011 by Elisabeth T. Eliassen
