I Am Learning To Leave Silences

 

i am learning to leave silences

for others

to

enter

(I am learning;
have I learned
slowly?)


You
have a mouth
as big as
an elephant,
he said

(its true; it hides
inside
this elfin head)

When you think
you know the size of
the picture,
you stop listening,
she said,

You can
be showing other people the way
and still be
not listening. This is important.


So let me open wide my true mouth; let me make space there for everyone
who cannot find their own

Settle in
these comfy chairs until
you
discover
where it is

I am learning to
listen. Please.

This is important.