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Just Listen

June 8, 2011
By bookworm1 GOLD, Ticonderoga, New York
bookworm1 GOLD, Ticonderoga, New York
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Favorite Quote:
Laugh your heart out. Dance in the rain. Cherish the morning. Ignore the pain. Live, Laugh, Love. Forgive and Forget. Life's too short to be living with regrets.
Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. Amelia Earhart


Can you hear that?

the spring’s first birdsong,

police sirens wailing loud and long.

Shhhhhh....

the rhythmic croaking of a toad,

a truck thunders down the road.

Be quiet for a minute,

the rustle of grasses,

the shooting of masses.

Over there!

the whisper of wind through the trees,

A blaring radio shouts profanities.

Open your ears.

a beehive throbs with activity,

the screams of a horror movie.

It’s all around you,

You can hear nature’s joys,

If you turn down all that noise,

and

Just Listen.


The author's comments:
I would really like to make people stop and think about everything they're missing when they bury themselves in electronics.

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