Conversation

 

I spoke to myself;

No response I received.

I ignored myself;

And, thus self deceived,

I spoke to my friend,

But my friend turned away.

My friend did not care

Or had nothing to say.

I spoke to the wind;

The wind asked me why.

When I could not answer,

The wind passed me by.

I spoke to heaven,

To that realm in the sky;

The heavens were silent;

I received no reply.

I spoke to the Presence;

In a voice very thin,*

I heard words as pleasant

As ever have been.

©2013, Stan Sanford

*I Kings 19:11-12 ("still small voice,"

Hebrew: "the voice of a thin silence.")