listen

listen

joy is in the ears that hear

not the mouth that speaks

how easily we forget this

in a fever of verbal streaks

keeping time time time

we miss the gift of bearing-with

committing the pride crime,

driving for “quick-fix”

silence, unfamiliar and strange

we fill space with speech

if we were but quick to listen

we’d find answers within reach

we scream aloud to die

desperate to hear Your voice

but we simply are not listening

and it is our choice

James 1:19-27