She Sat Down To Listen

She Sat Down To Listen

c Judith Froemming

"In a land of lovely lies and lazy whys,

icicle streams and embroidered dreams,

She sat down to ponder, to puzzle and wonder;

'When no one slows down and mouths lock in frowns,

do tigers get catty and butterflies go batty?

When hurting is the game, and difference is a shame,

do ducks cause a ruckus, and bears pass the buck to us?'

So she sat down to listen, and in a moment of blessing,

heard, 'All that's mis-taken, returns when Awakened.'"

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