The Web Poetry Corner - Phil Pochurek - The Listener
The Listener
by
Phil Pochurek
The best listener
Has no reply.
They seldom question
Or even ask why, they listen.
Endearing themselves
With patience and calm
They’re able to listen for long, long,
Moments in time.
Until the feelings are all expressed
Or the pain is gone
They listen.
Never judging the right or wrong
The loss or gain
They listen and they remain
Constant, open, and present.
They hear the hurt
They feel the joy
When they become the sounding board
They employ all their senses
All their heart
And they listen.
They don’t condone
They don’t condemn .
They hold their questions
Unless asked for them
And listen.