Beat of a heart

How fast could you stop the dancing rain

Or capture the stormy wind

How fast could you compress the wild blue sea

Or have the most white shark finned

How quiet is the sound of an elephant’s pain

Or the cry of a soft blue seal

How quiet is the sound of a peacock’s wail

Or the sigh of a small green eel

How great is the voice of a human man

Or the force of his legs at sea

How great are the ways of a simple heart

When it just lets the animals be

Who said we had a right in this beautiful world

To make these animals kneel

Who said we could stick and stomp and kill

For our own hungry need

When we lie down, we take another’s breath

Breathe through others’ lungs

When we wake and pray and eat

We speak through others’ tongues

So who has figured out the world’s secrets

No one can alone

But together with everyone, we can be

Still and loud and strong

When you feel the beat of a heart

Leave it quite alone

Because before you know it, life will be

Gone; destroyed; blown

Speak in the tongue of a tiny fish

Or share the heart of a dove

And feel the pain, the joy, the tears

Just be- and feel the love