Heart Listening 4/9/2025

Listen with your
Heart
And not your ears
For truth is felt
Within
And not heard
Through filters
Active in the
Mind.

Absorb the words
Spoken
Feel the tone
And vibrations
Of each vowel
And consonant.

Open your heart
And be present
In the conversation
That you
Partake in
With another.

As awareness
Of listening
Appears
You are immersed
Within the
Flow of words
And thoughts.

Tis the art
Of listening
That
Gives yourself
Permission
For undivided attention
With the sole
Purpose
Of feeling another’s
Conversation
Without judgements
And perceptions.

Maggie Spaulding
Poem Author