A Passion For Listening
by Michael Doyle

In the set of all possible worlds, 
              I pause
Thinking of the multiverses behind 
              The first cause
And I realize that the chasm between 
              Finite and infinite
Is something that, at this time, we find 
              Cannot be definitive

But one thing that is defined
              Is that to me, it has occurred
And that is the need for all human beings
              To feel as though they've been heard
And with a shrug of history, it seems
              There seems nothing to this mystery
In the beginning, before the big bang,
               There was the Word of deity

Truth told is that without having felt heard as needed
               Our desired prayers will not be heeded
And that war will continue between nations
                And peoples however much we have pleaded
Even though the truth is 
                We are all relations
The passion to listen
                Must be cultivated

Carefully weeding out mindless vanity
                And be nurtured as if fated
It is a wave function that
                Shapes our sense of reality
As together, we all dance the dance
                 That is a dance of living variability
Life is rarely one lived with 
                  Absolute certainty

But instead, life is a matter of 
                  Unfixed probability
It is only when we truly begin to listen
                 With a passion that gives dignity
That we will rise above the passive skill
                  Giving the other side our empathy
That we will find the utility of giving
                  Respect and curiosity

With this passion of listening well
                   We will reach deeper understanding
Ourselves and all others will begin 
                    Healing as God has been commanding
To love one another is the second 
                    Greatest command in true worship
The secret that has been missed yet told is we cannot
                    Love God without right relationship

(c) November 30, 2023   Michael Doyle
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