hear hear hear hear my
heart heart heart it
beats beats me
the way
it stops
and starts
and stops and starts.

You listen as well as I
and your hearing is astute
we both know I'm not deaf
but sometimes I feel mute.

please
give me a mind to know you
ears to hear you,
a mouth to sing you
and what you want
heard

what a delight to listen and imagine
you give us brains to do that.