Listening - Maya Spector
pre-dawn mornings,
I listen to the trees.
Sometimes I hear nothing.
Sometimes words sail
into my head,
like the goldfinches
landing on my birdfeeder.
Today they told me:
Ground! Ground deeply.
You will know people
who get ill.
You may know some who
will die.
You could even be
one of them.
Your task today
is to ground and be
a solid presence
on this patch of earth.
Watch us
and follow suit.
