{"id":4419,"date":"2023-09-01T05:52:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T09:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=4419"},"modified":"2023-08-23T19:56:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T23:56:18","slug":"it-is-i-can-you-not-hear-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/01\/it-is-i-can-you-not-hear-me\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: It is I, Can You Not Hear Me?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This poem is an ode to nature speaking to us, and in particular exploring the notion of Nature or God as a subject, not mere object or inert matter, but infused with spirit.<\/p>\n

It is I, Can You Not Hear Me?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Can you not hear me?
\nIn the wind
\nLike breath
\nThat comes and goes
\nFrom where nobody no\u2019s
\nCan you not hear me?
\nEchoing throughout the earth
\nTrod under
\nAnd holding upright
\nCan you not hear me?
\nIn the rain
\nFalling down
\nAs sow many angels
\nCan you not hear me?
\nIn the grass and trees
\nReaching for the sun
\nHaplessly hoping
\nLike Sisyphus and Icarus
\nJust in time
\nHour brethren
\nCan you not hear me?
\nIn creatures small and large
\nBugging
\nCreeping
\nScampering
\nFlying
\nCan you not hear me?
\nIn the stars
\nPunching light out
\nIn the darkest dark
\nCan you not hear me?
\nIn a laugh and wry smile
\nIn a solitary tear
\nDo you have years to hear?
\nCan you not hear me?
\nIt is I
\nCan you not here me?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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