Words are to Silence
by Mark Frutkin
Words are to silence
as time is to eternity
as the stars and planets are to space
as the present moment
is to past or future
as colour is to black or white
as a molecule of salt is to the sea
as a single grain of rice
is to the history of China
as the morning glory
is to the garden of Earth
as the maple is to the mountainside forest
as one word of anger is to war
as a single caress is to love
as snow, rain and sunshine
are to sky
as a thirty-minute meditation
is to the rest of your life.
