Hear Here

God made the outer and the inner ear for sound
For all the wonderful noises of life all around
For the here and the now, that the “now” we may hear
the voice of our loved ones, and those we hold dear.
Sounds of city life, filled with man-made things,
and country life, of singing birds, and babbling springs
Coastal sounds of blowing wind, waves breaking at the shore,
the sound of a friendly neighbor, come to visit, knocking at our door.
The whistle of the tea kettle steaming on the flame,
The sound of pouring tea, words “I’m so glad you came.”
While blindness and deafness in this world has occurred
faithless eyes hath not seen, nor their ear ever heard
the cry of Christ on the cross to save from sin’s violence
Sad those refusing to listen, forever darkness and silence. -id