The Cello & the Nightingale

You’ve been singing all this time,
we just forgot to listen.
My heart ached/my heart aches

the bird in the wood
piercing the night,
then echo, then echo of echo…

then something tangible
touching the heart, stopping
the tide of noise: we slipped

out of time and into you
when we turned the dial and listened
Darkling, we listened.

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Robert Seatter
Poet, Performer, Broadcaster and Arts Professional
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