I let myself sink deep
into the gentle gravity
of conversation —
let the weight of listening
match the weight of words
let the chain of story
pull the meaning out
let the feeling be expressed
till it was felt
In its time, but only then
I spoke
responding not to words
but to the fundamental frequency
revealed in this space
where we walked together
So we have learned
communication —
the ready give and take
the ebb and flow
that pulls us ever closer to each other
where words become the froth,
and understanding
is the sweet, recurrent, steady undertow.
©Wendy Mulhern
June 21, 2012