So oft we forget when we talk to pets
(or to the animal kingdom et-al)
that they may never be in ‘talking’ moods
Our constant chatter may be bothersome
What if all horses are hermit-monk-like,
capable of speech, yet opting silence?
If hermit crabs earned their name honestly?
If pachyderms packed poetry in trunks-
camels contemplate colors of water
rabbits chant mantras in their holy holes
foxes recite sonnets in silent dens?
Do we disturb the solitude of cows
with our noisome-bellowing cattle calls?
Solemn frogs belch ‘OM’ from their creek-bank home,
(the name of GOD in Adamic language),
finding no other words necessary
Our constant chatter may be bothersome
(unlike the melodic chatter of squirrels)
We puff up in our arrogance of speech
assuming all nature should understand
assuming all nature should sing in sync
Perhaps we misinterpret their silence,
or perhaps their silence does not exist.
Perhaps nature speaks on higher levers,
(on a higher frequency, so-to-speak).
We should tune in with greater frequency-
Beatbox with birds. Whistle with groundhogs.
Sit at windowsills like cats and stare out,
or learn from dogs and wag tails more often
rather than constantly wagging our tongues
(or to the animal kingdom et-al)
that they may never be in ‘talking’ moods
Our constant chatter may be bothersome
What if all horses are hermit-monk-like,
capable of speech, yet opting silence?
If hermit crabs earned their name honestly?
If pachyderms packed poetry in trunks-
camels contemplate colors of water
rabbits chant mantras in their holy holes
foxes recite sonnets in silent dens?
Do we disturb the solitude of cows
with our noisome-bellowing cattle calls?
Solemn frogs belch ‘OM’ from their creek-bank home,
(the name of GOD in Adamic language),
finding no other words necessary
Our constant chatter may be bothersome
(unlike the melodic chatter of squirrels)
We puff up in our arrogance of speech
assuming all nature should understand
assuming all nature should sing in sync
Perhaps we misinterpret their silence,
or perhaps their silence does not exist.
Perhaps nature speaks on higher levers,
(on a higher frequency, so-to-speak).
We should tune in with greater frequency-
Beatbox with birds. Whistle with groundhogs.
Sit at windowsills like cats and stare out,
or learn from dogs and wag tails more often
rather than constantly wagging our tongues