Silence Speaks

In the Satyr’s day’s mailbox . . .

Language is as difficult to control as any animal found in the deep, wild woods. – Willie James King

New institutions that enable nuanced solutions by encouraging negotiation and compromise in the broader civil society are screaming to be born. – Nathan Gardels

The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear. – Rumi

What name does the fire give to flame?

What burns through existence to endlessness?

We are not here long enough to believe in anything but language,

and yet we know what awaits us is silence – Dean Rader, from Before the Borderless

When the animals come

When the animals come to us

asking for our help,

will we know what they are saying?

When the plants speak to us

in their delicate, beautiful language,

will we be able to answer them?

When the planet herself

sings to us in our dreams,

will we be able to wake ourselves, and act?

– Gary Lawless, First Sight of Land. © Blackberry Books, 1990