Auguries Of Silence Poem by leonard daranjo

My voice has been lost
In a desert swirl
My dreams have been trampled
Under the hooves of distrust
But I continue to listen
To the howling winds
I continue to love
The roaring sea
I continue to admire
The setting sun
I love the warmth
Of muddy rivers
And the lingering aroma
Of the good red earth
I love the sight of a shooting star
And the mystique of Halley’s ancient comet
Messages reach me
From between rain drops and sandstorms
And blades of grass
And on the frantic flapping
Of a humming bird’s wings
In my heart is the undying yearning
And a plaintive song
That expresses everything:
To which I belong
Take me, come take me
To where - before silence -
Conceptualization of everything
In the universe was born
Take me to where the elements are wild
To the place where I am still a child