<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=389588" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>What.... (If Not To Listen...)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">what are we here for then<br>if not to listen...<br>to words spoken by the longing heart, <br>to the sound and inflections of suffering, <br>to the very heartbeat of need.<br>to the human cry against injustice, <br>to the song of freedom<br>borne by an angry wind...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to listen...<br>to the soft cry of the newborn baby, <br>to the moan of lovers entwined.<br>to the hum of the tractor, <br>and the thud of the axe.<br>to the hope of the hammer pounding nails.<br>to the voices of people choosing dialogue, <br>to the honest plea for forgiveness...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to listen...<br>to the song of the mockingbird, <br>the bark of the dog, <br>the meow of the cat...<br>to the marching chant of the ants.<br>to the sound of the butterfly's wings, <br>rhyming infinity! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">to listen...<br>to the stillness in our own heartbeats.<br>for the name we had before birth.<br>to the prayers of clouds and trees.<br>for the sound of the Lover's footsteps.<br>to the ancient wisdom of mountains, <br>the forever birth of the rivers.<br>for the voice we've followed throughout time...</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to listen...<br>for the bowls of hunger being filled.<br>for the silence after gunfire ends.<br>for the sound of hands joining ours.<br>for the sound of feet walking beside!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Eric+Cockrell">Eric Cockrell</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=389588" data-title="What.... (If Not To Listen...) de Eric Cockrell" data-description="what are we here for then if not to listen... to words spoken by the longing heart, to the sound and inflections of suffering, to the very heartbeat of need. to the human cry against injustice, to the song of freedom borne by an angry wind... ..."></div> </div> </div>

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