Listening - Trout Black

[Larry Robinson]

Listening


Listening to trees.

I asked 
if they have been talking to me 
all along.

“We’ve been listening,
 contentedly,
as you’ve been listening 
to others,
to Spirit's voice,
to Grandpa Fire,
to your hilltop Oak.

“And remember
the log that spoke to you
in Wiricuta
as you placed it 
on Grandpa Fire.

“Who you hear 
depends upon you,
upon where you are
in your listening.

“Everything, 
of course, 
has a voice.”        

	- Trout Black