[some one]

someone once said, it’s the small things that
count – sharing garden’s carrots, zucchini and
beets, hanging laundry out
side to dry, planting homes, catching
rain, breathing

someone once said, put yourself in other people’s
shoes – it’s only when you step out of your
own that you can see your
self – it may be uncomfortable ‘cause they
fit, better than you had
thought, or care to
admit

someone once said, poplar trees will
answer your questions – so sit and listen as they
tell with the sun, and the
wind

someone once said, look at
me, are you
listening

~ this poem is being published in the Artists for a Better World Spirit of Humanity anthology, which is coming out at the end of August.