Close your eyes
& Listen….
Listen to you heart screaming
You brain being swamped
A swoosh here
A hussshhhh there
The sound of your earphones crackling
Your ears ringing
The oh so beautiful
Pitter patter of the rain
The thud pop clack of the hail
The wail and cry of the baby
The wap wap of your windscreen wipers
If only… if only I could hear
Then one-day maybe
I could say a payer

& Listen…
Listen to the peace in the air
Listen to my pages turn
My pen scraping on paper
My mind racing
Fast, mad, furious
Sprinting into oblivion
Heavy feet, pounding the ground
Fat thighs rubbing – slap slap
Clutching cheeks, gritting teeth

Listen, just listen,
Listen hard, before it ends…
Close your eyes… & Listen.