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Quietly

Quiet! Today the earth tells me, be quiet.

Ssh! No talking now. Our soul

Is listening to tiny things, almost silent.

This is a language that you feel.

Our soul, says the earth, hears every little sound.


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Poem Quietly - James Lee Jobe
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