Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and Love
Soft Footfalls Outside Your Window at Night
Once upon a time I found an arrowhead
At the roots of an oak that no longer stands
And wondered what struggle, upon my lawn –
Man versus nature or man versus man
Once upon a time I found a minie’-ball
At the roots of that oak that no longer stands
And wondered what struggle, upon my lawn -
Man versus nature or man versus man
Once upon a time I found dentures
At the base of the old water well out front
And wondered what struggle, upon my lawn –
Man versus plug tobacco or plug tobacco versus man
Do you hear their soft footfalls at night?
Paws and claws and feet from before linear time
Between the poles and along the latitudes
That no one had yet written or thought
Do they stand outside your window and listen
Listen for your breathing, and wish they could talk
Could talk with you about this holy earth
