It is easy
to become distracted
when trying to listen
to the mockingbird and the finch
and the sound of water flowing
distracted by the snarl of cars
and the growl of jets
But those are the sounds
of our ancestors
calling to us from across time
telling us of their visions and their dreams
sharing with us the scope of their ambitions
and the scale of their failures
So listen
and remember
for they are our soul
and we
are their hopes reborn
