Don't Shout

Don't shout, speak softly. So softly the stars can hear you.

Their glistening silence echoes your whisper with

the message each waking heart needs to hear. Barely

stirring a feather of milkweed, a woolly bear caterpillar's

fur, your breath encircles the spheres, and your ineffable

exhalation touches other souls. Even more softly, friend.

Prayer is the secret government of the universe.

Photo by Neil Dicke