the unveiling of so much sound

A poem by Samantha Reynolds from http://bentlily.com/, where you can catch a poem a day or browse the archives for lots of treasures like this one…

 

I’d been told that having a child

would ignite my eyes

 

pack wonder back into the humdrum of a spoon

the seductive arch of its spine

the tiny rope of beads around the handle

the way your face is upside down and potato-like

when you look into its shallow metal bowl

 

but I didn’t expect the unveiling

of so much sound

 

his little hand points constantly to the roars of the city

that my ears have learned to ignore

 

the rumble of a pick-up truck

the hissing of a bus as it slows down

the way an airplane can hum like a river

 

this morning he cried when I told him I loved him

and I knew

that he knew

what I was

really saying was

 

please

it’s so early still

fall back asleep

 

and I realized

that he can hear more than trains

and the click of the mailbox as the postman leaves

 

he is wide open

a hungry net

catching all of it truths and aches

the wondrous bedlam of a life.

 

Samantha Reynolds

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