One Single Impression: Calmed

Inside a Dog
Suggests that I listen to this room
As if I were a dog

Slow down a minute and listen
What do you hear?

The furnace generating heat
The toilet running slightly
The light bulb burning yellow softly
Crows

The crows are saying the snow is melting
And I hear the warmth of my flannel sheets
Sending my own heat back to my skin
I hear my breath and heart
My pulse in my thumb

I hear an avalanche when I turn the page
To read on
To find out
Just what happened.

We can take this only so far
The book says
Because after all you are not a dog.

But I get it:
What of the living universe do I hear?
What do I leave out?

I'll answer later.

Right now, calmed
I hear it all;
I want it all.

One Single Impression