Listening
The noise of passing feet On the prairie —
Is it men or gods Who come out of the silence?
Alice Corbin Henderson
The noise of passing feet On the prairie —
Is it men or gods Who come out of the silence?
A vast, quiet prairie stretches out, and then a sound breaks through — footsteps. But they are so faint, so remote, that the speaker can’t tell whether these belong to ordinary people or something divine. It’s not just noise; it’s a question.
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