We choose <br />Not to do, <br />And, thereby, <br />Use the silence <br />As a language <br />To communicate <br />With ourselves, <br /> <br />To see, <br />To hear, <br />To feel the voice <br />Of ourselves, <br />To use our minds, <br />Our hearts, <br />Our souls <br />To know <br />What to say. <br /> <br />As God Himself said, <br />'Be still, and know...' <br />If it is only <br />A chair in a garden, <br />A ship at sea, <br />A walk by the river, <br />Or a solitary lunch <br />Beside a brook <br />With only birdsong <br />For company, <br /> <br />Or maybe a butterfly, <br />Who only flew by <br />To show you his <br />'Coat of Many Colors..., ' <br />Learn to be still, <br />Be quiet, <br />Listen for that Unspoken Voice <br />Which will tell you <br />All you need to know. <br /> <br /> <br />(Thanks are due to Temair Temair, fellow poet, who spoke of 'doing nothing is doing something...', if we can only hear!/ Sept.19,2007)<br /><br />Scarlett Treat<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/not-doing-anything-is-really-doing-something/
