Familiar Sounds

There are familiar sounds

all around

That we don’t always notice

But If I name a thing

You’d know exactly the cling

That thing I name will make

The sound of a nail clipper

Clipping away

At somebody’s nail too long

The twist of the lock

In the middle of the knob

Before you go to sleep

A bird just landing in a tree

The rustling it makes in the leaves

On your way out the door in the morning

The tap, tap, tap

Of your fingers on the glass

Typing a message to a friend

The shifting of the cushion

With a soft squeak or creek

Sitting down to watch the tv

The shutting of a drawer

The rails rolling and drawer closing

When you put your things away

The pulling of a tissue out of the box

Or the shuffling of clothes

When looking for socks

So many sounds

We don’t always consider

Are a day to day assurance that the world’s turning right

Behind the Poem...

[work in progress]

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