“I bet you wish you could see what we see.”
I feel the river rushing over me
It says “With rhythm and ripple I do not congeal.”
The blackberry thorn digs into my skin
Tells me “Thorns are a byproduct of mankind’s sin.”
Ink from a squid fills up my pen
It writes “Wonder and wandering are lessons of wind.”
Can you taste the elation of a fresh fig explosion
Echo joy abounding without erosion?
Everything you see has a message for you
Do you watch intently to reveal creation’s truth?
The face of a cliff looms tall up ahead
Says “Wisdom and knowledge are far from dead.”
The gems in the earth hide glory and call
“Dig deep to reveal a wonderous haul.”
The snow falling gently like dogwood’s in bloom
Sings “My shapes, they all vary, like sands on a dune.”
I trip on a rock jutting out of the ground
“My exterior is jagged like your feelings.” Profound.
Can you hear repetition in waves of the ocean?
The drumming, the pounding, the timeless emotion?
Everything you feel has a message for you
Do you absorb intently creation’s truth?
Shrimp ‘neath the water go clickety clack
The precursory sound of a train on a track
Does the energy shrimp use to rub legs together
Match the upward thrust of a Peregrines’ feather?
If so, one is silent and the other is loud
Is there a lesson, can we sound it all out?
Can we communicate utterances to all living things?
Whistle calls of hello as the songbird sings?
I will ask the Creator, only He knows
The language of all, as to all He bestows.
Everything you hear has a message for you
Do you listen intently to hear the Creator’s truth?
By Royce Waxenfelter
9/19/23
