Auditory Space

Photo by Lee Lindsey McKinney

What happens here,

   in the absence

      of spoken words?

The other four physical senses

   get room to grow,

      as well as Spirit.

As vocal chords,

   teeth, tongues, and lips

      cease their synchronized undulation,

the muted path between

   minds and hearts opens

      divulging connections and opportunities

         we've yet the capability to verbalize.

Sometimes we smell or taste truth

   long before we can enunciate it;

      we hear and see things

         far beyond language's limits.

Often, these inarticulate revelations

   must be revisited again and again

      before we're capable of integrating them

         in word and deed, life and love.

© 2015 Todd Jenkins