What Speaks to Us

There are so many channels

through which the message speaks —

It can seep through the proximity

of parallel poses, bodies stretched in sun,

the rhythm of repose,

the undertone

of the quiet breathing of afternoon

as shadows slowly lengthen

on the grass

It can dance along the synesthetic glance

of light on sun stroked grass stalks,

wave in the instant shimmer 

of seed heads,

dart like sudden song

into the senses

It can rumble kindly

in the connection of laughs and hugs

and the quick kindling of love-light

in the eyes of family

So many channels through which it speaks,

The message still the same.

©Wendy Mulhern

November 1, 2014