Oct 2020
If I gaze long enough at a lilac bloom,
will it tell me why it smells so fragrant?
If I sit long enough with a loaf of bread
freshly baked, will it share with me why
it is so delicious? If I wander down a path
unknown, will it tell me where it will take
me? If I am before a crowd and speak
my truths, does it matter whether any
applaud? If I grow silent, will I find these
answers? If you are always your real self,
in silence you will hear what's true.
Copyright 2020 Tod Howard Hawks
will it tell me why it smells so fragrant?
If I sit long enough with a loaf of bread
freshly baked, will it share with me why
it is so delicious? If I wander down a path
unknown, will it tell me where it will take
me? If I am before a crowd and speak
my truths, does it matter whether any
applaud? If I grow silent, will I find these
answers? If you are always your real self,
in silence you will hear what's true.
Copyright 2020 Tod Howard Hawks
A graduate of Andover and Columbia College, Columbia University, Tod Howard Hawks has been a poet, an essayist, a writer of aphoeisms, a novelist, and a human-rights advocate his entire adult life.
(81/M/Boulder, CO)
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