harken the hearing

    the story I am told
is the story I lived

the pieces
of the past
picked up only
by the implanted envisioning
of my three year-old self

what I once lived
unknowingly

where silence was sound

i live today
knowingly

harken the hearing
the subtleties of sound
    sizzle on the fry pan
        whispers of lights-out chatter
    whoosh of running water
the subtleties of sound
bringing richness to life

    the story I lived
is the story I am told

Written by Scott Moore
Illustrated by Landon Wideman

Inspired February 2020