Listen


'Listen' - that's a lovely word - it makes us quiet and still.
There's so much in the world to hear: the birds that chirp and trill;
the wild wind fluting in the trees; the drumming of the rain
the muffled fluttering of moths against a window pane:
Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt and Grieg - giants of music's art
created golden melodies to stir the human heart.

The world is full of lovely sounds - they fall about our ears.
Remembered in serenity, they echo down the years:
a voice we loved, a waterfall, a violin, a thrush,
all steal into the quiet heart in Memory's solemn hush...
So close your eyes and listen, you will hear all kinds of things -
the secret language of the flowers, the whirr of fairies' wings...