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LISTEN TO THE STILLNESS

 

A heavy haze settles between these hills

weighing pines and maples into stillness.

No swoosh and brush-rustle

of branches and leaves,

no rippling of maples

or bright flutter of aspens

sparkling in sunlight

bursting into diamonds

like afternoon sun on water.

 

No, today is subdued. Haze blocks the sun.

Here and there a wan leaf waves limply

too tired for greater effort.

Even the sparrows’ chatter

is lethargic.

 

There is nothing to do now

but listen to the stillness,

watch a yellow butterfly

pause on white clover,

a dragon fly hover near by.