Voice

You speak.

You always have spoken.

I didn't know that.

I used to hear you,
and listen,
and think that it was
someone
else
speaking.

(Maybe God!)

I never recognized
my own voice.

How is that possible?

When I hear you now,
close & old,

I know
you.  Now I do:

My oldest friend,
My only own heart.

from 'Soft' in My Heart