SOUND SURROUNDS

SOUND SURROUNDS

It is always about what one sees

Yet rarely about what one hears

Nature’s voices are always there

Just listen to them and be aware

The rain sounds like falling tears

And leaves rustling in the breeze

To some, maybe music of a kind

A symphony, changing by season

Birds waking with a dawn chorus

As if a performance given for us

And yet always, there is a reason

A hidden message one might find

Echoes of thunder can be twinned

With a snort of horses in the fields

Chirping birds and buzzing of bees

As nature gets louder by degrees

No surprise at the power it wields

Now hear the melody in the wind

One may have not heard it before

As some sounds need a trained ear

None need any granted permission

Just listen to the natural condition

Like a fast river rushing over a weir

And waves washing over the shore