Saturday, December 18, 2021

hushed whispers

when they thought we were asleep
the elders went to the place of hushed whispers
to tell their stories and sing their songs.

but we weren't asleep
and we would carefully sneak to just within earshot
and we would listen and memorize the words the elders spoke
so that when we became old
we could share the same stories and songs.

of course when we became the elders
our stories and songs were different because the world had changed,
but we repeated them in the place of hushed whispers
as the young ones listened intently.


12/18/2021 

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