on lao tzu ch. 12

WHAT SHE SAID

what she said filled my eyes

with too many colors to see,

deafened my ears that were

straining to listen.

she was attempting by her

silence to convince me to

stay by her side after she

dissappears.

what she said strengthened

my desperate heart, drew

my attention to all that

must be left unspoken.

each life means everything

is what she said.

- don brennan TAO ch. 12