Reconnecting

Lay in the grass and close your eyes.
What do you hear?
No, I mean, what do you REALLY hear?
Ignore the drone of traffic.
Ignore the drone of the aeroplanes.
Ignore the drone of life.
Listen again – what do you really hear?

The sound of the earth breathing –
of birdsong
of the waves
of the wind
of the shifting grass.
Of life.
Of time passing by – in real time.

Leave life’s false urgency behind.
Listen to life in real time.

Reconnect.