Echo

When you hear the idea 
Lying between the sounds, between the letters, 
You find the meaning 

Of a sound silently flowing 
In the universe, waiting 
To be discovered in the obvious 

Universe smiling 
Or you find an omen 
In a hostile land of the unknown. 

Dig deeper and harder, 
Grow in the opposite direction 
To see what is beneath 

That feeds the surface of sounds, 
To witness their making 
And hear their echoes on the way back home. 

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