You talk to the trees at night
and their silence  – maybe it speaks to you  –
maybe their response  –
of presence without words –
is in the language you are searching for –
something that won’t get caught
in the filters of the mind,
that will go right through
to where you’ve been waiting
all this time –
waiting to hear the deep tall message
that recognizes your soul.

©Wendy Mulhern
February 6, 2021