Do You Hear Me

do you hear me yelling? I just hear an echo. But maybe May be my voice travels as it repeats gusting among desert winds like small dust devils Bouncing off hills maybe it's nudging birds in flight off their trajectory Lifting up dragonflies scattering pollen for the bumble bees. Do you hear me? just hear my echo. hello hello why why my words repeat through my brain dancing be- tween my ears like pinballs under glass. Mental flippers thrusting ding ding to keep my words alive on a trajectory to your reading eyes to take your soul somewhere new Written: May 14, 2023 1st Place Contest winner A Brian Strand Premiere No 1217 Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Brian Strand